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Senna spinescens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Hoffmannsegg ex Vogel) H.S. Irwin & Barneby

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Floodplain forest
• forest understorey
• riverside
• lakeside

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Spiny Liana or shrub, recurved spines to 5mm long, angled branchlets. 3-6 pairs of leaflets, leaflets to 80mm x 35mm, glabrous above & puberulent or glabrate beneath. Axillary or terminal racemes with fragrant yellow flowers, puberulent sepals 8mm long, somewhat puberulent petals to 30mm long. Glabrous pods to 500mm x 15mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOPE