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Senra
Sign in to saveSenra 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.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
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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.
The plant produces the phenolic compounds coniferaldehyde, scopoletin, sinapaldehyde and syringaldehyde.
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