Senra
| Senra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Senra Cav.[1] |
| Species: | S. incana |
| Binomial name | |
| Senra incana | |
| Synonyms[3][4] | |
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Synonymy
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Senra is a genus of flowering plants in tribe Hibisceae of the family Malvaceae. It includes single species, Senra incana, an annual or perennial native to northeastern tropical Africa (Kenya to Sudan), the Arabian Peninsula, and India and Pakistan, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.[4]
The plant produces the phenolic compounds coniferaldehyde, scopoletin, sinapaldehyde and syringaldehyde.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "genus Senra". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Senra". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Senra Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Senra incana Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ↑ Pharmacologically active phenylpropanoids from Senra incana. Farah MH, Samuelsson G. Planta Medica. 1992 Feb;58(1):14-8.doi:10.1055/s-2006-961380
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Categories:
- Hibisceae
- Monotypic Malvaceae genera
- Flora of Djibouti
- Flora of Eritrea
- Flora of Ethiopia
- Flora of India (region)
- Flora of Kenya
- Flora of Oman
- Flora of Pakistan
- Flora of Saudi Arabia
- Flora of Socotra
- Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Yemen
- Plants described in 1786
- Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
- Hibisceae stubs