Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Senna | Species: Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby |
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| Synonym | Cassia didymobotrya Fresen. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Barneby | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | African senna, popcorn senna, candelabra tree, and peanut butter cassia | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 900 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | The fruit is a flat brown legume pod up to 12 cm long which contains up to 16 bean like seeds up to a cm long each |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen forests and western ghats | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of Africa and naturalized in the wild parts of Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, the United States in California, Florida, and Hawaii also in India | Bark Details | Bark pale smooth when young |
| Distribution in manipur | , Eastern, Jiribam, Northern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub or small tree producing golden-yellow flowers, opening from buds which are enclosed in greenish-black bracts, plant looks quite similar to Candle Bush and grows up to 0.5-5 m tall | Leaf Details | The leaves are up to 1/2 m long and are made up of many pairs of elongated oval leaflets each up to 6.5 cm long. |
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