Taxon:  Chamaecrista absus (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby



Summary
Genus:
Chamaecrista
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
100076
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:664.  1982
Verified:
09/09/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cassia absus L.

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  4. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  5. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  8. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  9. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  10. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
  11. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
  12. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
  13. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  15. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  16. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  17. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishtropical sensitive-pea  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California Sur McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
2Cultivated    also cult.PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaEast Timor  Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Jalisco, Nayarit]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Sulawesi], East Timor
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [México, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Grenada, Jamaica
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  3. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  4. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
  5. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  6. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  7. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
  8. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
  9. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
  10. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  11. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  12. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  13. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100076. Accessed 12 May 2026.