Deccan Senna
Senna montana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Deccan Senna
Identify Deccan 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.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Deccan Senna.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna montana
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also along river banks
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Senna itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Deccan Senna itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Deccan Senna
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Deccan Senna (Senna montana) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests, also along river banks. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Deccan Senna belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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