Senna petersiana(Bolle) Lock

WFO wfo-0000184159 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senna petersiana, photographed by Caroline Voget
fig. a Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 200478031
Senna petersiana, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. b Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189207641
Senna petersiana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139190211
Senna petersiana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138595933
Senna petersiana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 137980260
Senna petersiana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 137238970
Senna petersiana, photographed by James Deacon
fig. g James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116376592
Senna petersiana, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. h Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40354529

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Senna petersiana is native: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe CameroonCentral African RepublicEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Senna petersiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cameroon CMN AFRICA
Central African Republic CAF
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cassia delagoensis Harv.
  • Cassia petersiana Bolle
  • Cassia petersiana var. tomentosa Baker f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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