Glaucous Cassia/Glossy Shower

Senna surattensis (Burm. f.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

SEN-na   soo-ra-TEN-sis

Caesalpiniaceae (Legumes)

Key to Senna Mill.

Synonyms:  Cassia glauca Lam.,  Cassia surattensis Burm.f.

 (WU2, GRIN)

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

Natural range: Tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia (BA2, ISE)

Recognition: Shrub or small tree. Leaves even pinnate with 6-10 pairs of elliptic leaflets, 1" to 2" long, glaucous beneath.  Flowers yellow, 1"-2" wide, in racemes of 5- 15. Fruit a legume, 3"- 4" long (BA2, ISE)

Landscape uses: Specimen plant (BR1)