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 (Kenya to Sudan), the Arabian Peninsula, and India and Pakistan, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.^[4]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Senra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Tribe:	Hibisceae
Genus:	Senra Cav.[1]
Species:	S. incana
Binomial name
Senra incana Cav. (1786)[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
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

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The plant produces the phenolic compounds coniferaldehyde, scopoletin, sinapaldehyde and syringaldehyde.^[5]