Kassod Tree

Senna siamea (Lamarck) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

SEN-na   si-AM-ee-a

Caesalpiniaceae (Legumes)

Key to Senna Mill.

Synonym: Cassia siamea Lam. (basionym)   (GRIN)

Explanation of name: Senna is a Greek work adapted from the Arabic word sana which means tender tree or shrub. (AUS,PBCC)   Siamea means of Siam (PBCC).

Natural range: Central and South America  (BA2)

Recognition: Tree.  Leaves even pinnate with 5-14 pairs of various shaped leaflets,1-1/2" to 3" long.  Flowers yellow, ½" wide, in racemes of 10 to 60.  Fruit brown legume, generally bent at base, pendulous, over 8" long  

(BA2, IRW,FRA)

Landscape uses: Specimen tree