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taxid: 53853
genus: Chamaecrista
commonName: sensitive pea
description: "Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules."
  
species:
  - fasciculata