Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Senna | Species: Senna septemtrionalis (Viviani) H. S. Irwin & Barneby( सेन्ना ) |
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| Synonym | Cassia septemtrionalis Viviani, C. laevigata Willdenow. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Senna | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Smooth Senna | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Senna | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit pod, terete, slightly subquadrangular when fully mature. |
| Habitat | Growing in moist places | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to tropical America; widely cultivated in the tropics. | Bark Details | Green, smooth |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs upto 2 m tall. Bark green, smooth, glabrous. Leaves alternate, rachis with a clavate or conical gland between all except upper pair of leaf¬lets, stipules early caducous, linear; leaflets 8 pairs, ab ovate to ovate-lanceolate. Flower racemes axillary or terminal, 4-10-flowered, bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate; Calyx yellowish green, ovate-elliptic, unequal. Carolla bright yellow, ovate-orbicular, shortly clawed. Fertile stamens 7, unequal; Ovary glabrous. Fruit pod, terete, slightly subquadrangular when fully mature. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, rachis with a clavate or conical gland between all except upper pair of leaf¬lets, stipules early caducous, linear; leaflets 8 pairs, ab-ovate to ovate-lanceolate. |
