Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Coffee Senna

Senna occidentalis

Spanish: Candelilla chica

Coffee Senna (Senna occidentalis)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Senna occidentalis is a pantropical plant species. Most often recorded in Nov, Oct.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records8,463 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2024
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Coffee Senna (Senna occidentalis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/senna-occidentalis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.