Shrubby Senna

Senna fruticosa (Miller) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

SEN-na    fru-ti-CO-sa

Caesalpiniaceae (Legumes)

Key to Senna Mill.

Synonym: Cassia fruticosa Mill. (GRIN)

Explanation of name: Senna is a Greek work adapted from the Arabic word sana which means tender tree or shrub.(AUS,PBCC)   The Latin word  fruticosa means shrubby, bushy (STE).

Natural range: Tropical America (DEH)

Recognition: Shrub.  Leaves pinnate with 2 pairs of lanceolate to elliptic to obovate leaflets, 3" to 7" long.  Flowers yellow, in groups of  8-35, densely packed in racemes. Fruit round legume, 4"-10" long (BA2, IRW)

Landscape uses: Specimen shrub (PBCC)