bajagua vs Ahitera

Senna alata compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• bajagua is Not Evaluated while Ahitera is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bajagua	Ahitera
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Senna	Senna
Species	Senna alata	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

bajagua and Ahitera share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Senna.

Conservation Status

bajagua

NE — Not Evaluated

Ahitera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bajagua	Ahitera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bajagua

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ahitera

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 47 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇳 India 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇪 Niger 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇿🇲 Zambia