Botanical Family · Fabales
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
93 speciesOrder Fabales8+ well-known plants
Often treated as a subfamily of Fabaceae, these are primarily tropical trees and shrubs with distinctively irregular but less markedly butterfly-shaped flowers than true legumes. Includes ornamental trees like Cassia, Bauhinia, and Delonix (Gulmohar).
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How to recognise the Caesalpiniaceae family
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Slightly irregular flowers (not typical papilionoid)
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Usually pinnate or bipinnate leaves
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Pod fruit; often large canopy trees
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Indian Ash, Red Or Pink Cedar, Single TreeAcrocarpus fraxinifoliusPride Of Burma, Orchid Tree, Noble Amherstia, Tree Of HeavenAmherstia nobilisWhite 'Orchid' Tree, Dwarf White Bauhinia, Butterfly-Tree, Hawaiian Orchid Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel's Foot, White Bauhinia, Kaa-Long, Snowy OrchidBauhinia acuminataBauhiniaBauhinia blakeanaBrazilian Orchid TreeBauhinia forficataPride Of The CapeBauhinia galpiniiWhite BauhiniaBauhinia hookeriMalabar Mountain Ebony, Malabar Bauhinia, Mountain EbonyBauhinia malabarica
All 93 species in CAESALPINIACEAE
- Indian Ash, Red Or Pink Cedar, Single TreeAcrocarpus fraxinifolius
- Pride Of Burma, Orchid Tree, Noble Amherstia, Tree Of HeavenAmherstia nobilis
- White 'Orchid' Tree, Dwarf White Bauhinia, Butterfly-Tree, Hawaiian Orchid Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel's Foot, White Bauhinia, Kaa-Long, Snowy OrchidBauhinia acuminata
- BauhiniaBauhinia blakeana
- Brazilian Orchid TreeBauhinia forficata
- Pride Of The CapeBauhinia galpinii
- White BauhiniaBauhinia hookeri
- Malabar Mountain Ebony, Malabar Bauhinia, Mountain EbonyBauhinia malabarica
- Pink BauhiniaBauhinia monandra
- Crimson Mountain EbonyBauhinia phoenicea
- Purple Orchid Tree, Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly Tree, Camel's Foot Tree, Geranium Tree, Orchid TreeBauhinia purpurea
- Indian KanchanBauhinia racemosa
- Burmese Silk Orchid Tree, Yellow Orchid Bauhinia, St. Thomas Tree, Yellow Bell BauhiniaBauhinia tomentosa
- Maloo CreeperBauhinia vahlii
- Mountain Ebony, The Variegated Bauhinia, Orchid Tree, Purple Orchid TreeBauhinia variegata
- White BauhiniaBauhinia variegata var. candida
- Scarlet Flame BeanBrownea coccinea
- Rose Of The JungleBrownea grandiceps
- Flame TreeBrownea macrophylla
- Bonduc-Nut, Fever-Nut, Physic-NutCaesalpinia bonduc
- Divi Divi, American SumachCaesalpinia coriaria
- Wood Gossip CaesalpiniaCaesalpinia crista
- Brasiletto ClimberCaesalpinia cucullata
- Mysore Thorn, Black Bonduc, ShooflyCaesalpinia decapetala
- TeripodCaesalpinia digyna
- Brazilian IronwoodCaesalpinia ferrea
- Mimosa ThornCaesalpinia mimosoides
- Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, Barbados Pride, Peacock Cassia, Peacock Flower, Barbados Flower-Fence, Gold MohurCaesalpinia pulcherrima
- Indian Laburnum, Golden Shower, Purging Fistula, Fistula, Purging CassiaCassia fistula
- Pink Shower, Coral Shower, Horse CassiaCassia grandis
- Java Cassia, Pink CassiaCassia javanica
- Bronze Shower TreeCassia moschata
- Java CassiaCassia nodosa
- Red Cassia, Red Indian LaburnumCassia roxburghii
- Hairy CassiaChamaecrista absus
- Feather-Leaved Cassia, Mimosa-Like SennaChamaecrista mimosoides
- Dwarf SennaChamaecrista pumila
- Round-Leaf CassiaChamaecrista rotundifolia
- Colville's Glory TreeColvillea racemosa
- Wrinkle Pod MangroveCynometra iripa
- White Gulmohar, Yellow Gul Mohr, Creamy Peacock FlowerDelonix elata
- Red Gulmohar, Gulmohar, Flamboyant Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana, Gul Mohur, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock FlowerDelonix regia
- NickernutGuilandina bonduc
- AnjanHardwickia binata
- Three-Petal HumboldtiaHumboldtia brunonis
- Malabar HumboldtiaHumboldtia vahliana
- StinkingtoeHymenaea courbaril
- Moluccan Iron Wood, Borneo TeakIntsia bijuga
- Orange Brasiletto Climber, Candy Corn PlantMoullava spicata
- Mexican Palo VerdeParkinsonia aculeata
- Horse Bean, Jerusalem ThornPeltophorum africanum
- The Copper Pod, Copper Pod Tree, Golden Flamboyante, Rusty Shield Bearer, Rusty Shield Bearer, Yellow Gold Mohur, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow PoincianaPeltophorum pterocarpum
- Runner BeanPhaseolus coccineus
- White Brasiletto Climber, Camp SiegePterolobium hexapetalum
- Asoka Tree, True Asoka, Sita Asoka, Sesbania Pea, Canicha, Prickly SesbanSaraca asoca
- AshokSaraca indica
- Yellow SaracaSaraca thaipingensis
- Tree FuchsiaSchotia brachypetala
- Candle Cassia, Candle Bush, Carrion Crow Bush, Candlesticks, Empress Candle Plant, Ringworm Cassia, Winged SennaSenna alata
- Tinnavale Senna, Indian Senna, Alexandrian Senna, Bombay Senna, Indian Senna, Tinnervelly SennaSenna alexandrina
- Tanner's Cassia, Eared Senna, Tanner's Senna, Styptic WeedSenna auriculata
- Argentine SennaSenna corymbosa
- Hairy Sickle Pod, American Hairy SennaSenna hirsuta
- Italian SennaSenna italica
- Deccan SennaSenna montana
- Buttercup BushSenna multiglandulosa
- False SicklepodSenna multijuga
- Coffee Weed, Negro Coffee, Stinking Weed, Coffee Senna, Foetid Senna, SepticweedSenna occidentalis
- Desert SennaSenna polyphylla
- Siamese Tree Senna, Ironwood Tree, Siamese SennaSenna siamea
- Foetid Senna, Senna Sophera, Pepper Leaved SennaSenna sophera
- Popcorn Bush Cedar, Archibald's Cassia, Calceolaria Cassia, Golden Shower, Scented Shower, Fetid CassiaSenna spectabilis
- Sulphur Flowered Senna, Glaucous Cassia, Kolomona, Scrambled Egg BushSenna surattensis
- Foetid Cassia, Sickle Pod, Ring Worm Plant, Sickle Senna, Wild SennaSenna tora
- One-Leaf SennaSenna uniflora
- Tamarind Tree, Indian Date, SampalokTamarindus indica
- Pride Of BoliviaTipuana tipu
- Bauhinia foveolata
- Bauhinia ramosissima
- Bauhinia retusa
- Bauhinia scandens var. anguina
- Cassia indochinensis
- Cassia renigera
- Chamaecrista auricoma
- Chamaecrista leschenaultiana
- Cynometra beddomei
- Cynometra travancorica
- Humboldtia bourdillonii
- Humboldtia decurrens
- Humboldtia sanjappae
- Humboldtia unijuga var. unijuga
- Kingiodendron pinnatum
- Senna holosericea
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