Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Unarmed trees, shrubs, subshrubs
or herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with spherical to clavate or cylindric glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in racemes; pedicels without bracteoles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens usually 10; filaments straight, shorter than or
not over twice as long as the basifixed anthers. Pods (in
ours) shorter than in Cassia, i.e. less than 30 cm, terete or flattened, indehiscent or tardily
dehiscent, valves not twisting.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Senna Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=695
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
