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Senna holosericea is a perennial herb with yellow flowers that is native to the Arabian Peninsula, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Socotra, Somalia and Sudan.
Senna holosericea is widespread in drier areas and is also common on coastal plains.
The leaves are moist and mucilaginous and were traditionally used in Dhofar as cleaning material to wipe writing boards.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senna holosericea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
