Common name
English: African senna, Popcorn Cassia
German: Geflügelte Senna, Kerzenstrauch
Mandarin: 长穗决明 (chang sui jue ming)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Senna (7)
Epithet: didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.Irwin & Barneby (1)
Synonyms: Cassia didymobotrya Fresen., Cassia nairobensis L.Bailey, Cassia nairobiensis L.Bailey, Cassia verdickii De Wild.
didymobotrya => with pairs of grape-like structures
nairobensis => from Nairobi, Kenya
nairobiensis => from Nairobi, Kenya
verdickii => in honor of Edgard Antoine Auguste Verdick (fl. 1899-1903), Belgian plant collector
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Senna didymobotrya at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [358] Senna didymobotrya - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1235] Senna - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database