Argentine Senna
Senna corymbosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
How to identify Argentine Senna
Identify Argentine Senna by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Argentine Senna.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna corymbosa
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Argentine Senna itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“The fruit is a hanging indehiscent legume, cylindrical in shape (about 6 to 10 cm) full of seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Argentine Senna itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Argentine Senna
Argentine Senna (Senna corymbosa) is a shrub in the Caesalpiniaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Argentine Senna belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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