Buttercup Bush
Senna multiglandulosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Uttarakhand
How to identify Buttercup Bush
Identify Buttercup Bush 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: Prominent glands on leaf stalks.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Buttercup Bush.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Senna multiglandulosa
- Genus
- Senna
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Introduced with conspicuous shrub with showy yellow flowers
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The leaves are pinnate, 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long on a petiole 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long, with six to eight pairs of linear to lance-shaped or oblong leaflets 20–40 mm (0.79–1.5” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are pinnate, 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long on a petiole 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long, with six to eight pairs of linear to lance-shaped or oblong leaflets 20–40 mm (0.79–1.5” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Buttercup Bush 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 Buttercup Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Buttercup Bush
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Buttercup Bush (Senna multiglandulosa) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Uttarakhand. It is introduced with conspicuous shrub with showy yellow flowers.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Buttercup Bush belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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