Senna garrettiana (Craib) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Senna

Characteristics

A small evergreen tree. The bark is smooth and grey. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. They are shiny dark green above. The flowers are buttercup shaped and bright yellow. They are in clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is a cylinder shaped pod. It is dark brown and slightly curved. There are many brown flattened seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests and along the edges of rivers. It can be in open and wet areas up to 400 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are bitter but young leaflets are used in soups.
Uses medicinal wood
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Senna garrettiana world distribution map, present in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:911339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186550
COL ID 4WP9T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cassia garrettiana Senna garrettiana