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Chamaecrista absus
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Chamaecrista absus, the pig's senna or tropical sensitive pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, with a worldwide distribution in the tropics and subtropics. An annual herb reaching 60 cm (24 in), it is a common weed of cultivated and waste places, and its seeds are regularly harvested and sold for use in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Chamaecrista absus
- Slug
- chamaecrista-absus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecrista
- Species
- absus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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