Index / Search / Senna obtusifolia
§1 Plant
Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin & Barneby
vernacular Java-bean — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Senna
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 373 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 373 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Crawford 05033
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Lawrence 05075
- Madison 05087
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Taylor 13269
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Calhoun 28013
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Lamar 28073
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Stone 28131
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Trousdale 47169
- Union 47173
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Dallas 48113
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- Shelby 48419
- Travis 48453
- Washington 48477
- Williamson 48491
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Appomattox 51011
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Fluvanna 51065
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- King William 51101
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Prince Edward 51147
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SEOB4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2957408 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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