How to identify Senna holosericea
Identify Senna holosericea 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Silky hairy foliage.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna holosericea
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, India, Pakistan, Arabia
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The leaves are 5–15 cm long, paripinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets, eglandular;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“leaflets oblong- elliptic and densely pubescent.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“leaflets oblong- elliptic and densely pubescent.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Senna holosericea itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are yellow in long axillary and terminal racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Senna holosericea itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Senna holosericea
Senna holosericea belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Senna holosericea belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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