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Senra

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, the Arabian Peninsula, and India and Pakistan, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

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Senra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Tribe: Hibisceae
Genus: Senra
Cav.2
Species:
S. incana
Binomial name
Senra incana
Cav. (1786)1
Synonyms34
Synonymy
  • Dumreichera Hochst. & Steud.
  • Serraea Spreng.
  • Dumreichera arabica Hochst. & Steud.
  • Gossypium bakeri G.Watt
  • Senra arabica Webb
  • Senra bakeri (G.Watt) Prokh.
  • Senra incana subsp. migiurtinorum Chiov.
  • Senra incana var. scassellatii (Mattei) Senni
  • Senra nubica Webb
  • Senra nubica var. microphylla Mattei
  • Senra nubica var. scassellatii Mattei
  • Senra zoes Volkens & Schweinf.
  • Serraea arabica (Hochst. & Steud.) Mattei
  • Serraea incana (Cav.) Spreng.
  • Serraea nubica (Webb) Mattei
  • Serraea rupestris Edgew.
  • Serraea zoeae (Volkens & Schweinf.) Mattei

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

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References

  1. "Senra". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "genus Senra". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "Senra Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  4. "Senra incana Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  5. 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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