Senna surattensis (Fabaceae)

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Senna surattensis is an invasive pest in low to mid elevation pastures and disturbed areas in Hawaii.  Senna surattensis, known locally in Hawaii as kolomona or the scrambled egg tree, became naturalized in Hawaii by 1871.  In 2009 a rust disease of Senna sp. (cf. Senna surattensis, aka "kolomona") was reported in Hilo and Hana. The pathogen is still unidentified, but is apparently causing dieback of kolomona.  Senna surattensis is native to Australia or Southeast Asia. 

Species description or overview

Senna surattensis information from PIER
Information on Senna surattensis as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Senna surattensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Senna surattensis--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Senna surattensis information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Senna surattensis, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Senna surattensis
Nomenclatural information about Senna surattensis is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Risk assessments

Control methods

Images

Senna surattensis information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Senna surattensis in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Senna surattensis images from PIER
Images of Senna surattensis provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Senna surattensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Senna surattensis--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Books

Full-text articles

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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