Scientific Name :
Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Synonym :
Cassia spectabilis DC.
Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.) Britton & Rose
Common Name : Popcorn tree, Drooping cassia,
Plant Family : Fabaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : March to October
Flower Colour : Yellow
Description : Height: 7 to 18 m
Stem: Smooth, branches drooping, lenticels, light dots on twigs
Leaves: Compound, leaflets opposite and narrow, leaflets elliptical and slightly oblique, apex acuminate.
Flowers: Bisexuals, fragrant and golden yellow, sepals 5 unequal, petals 5 unequal clawed, stamens 10, fertile stamens 7 and infertile stamens 3, anthers bilobed
Inflorescence: Terminal panicles or axillary racemose
Fruits: Pods, long, cylindrical, glossy, pendulous, ending in a narrow point, annulate septate, many seeded, turns green to black, numerous flattened seeds
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : VT
Distribution Range : SW. Mexico to S. Tropical America.
Uses : It is useful in treating skin disease and ringworm
Grown as ornamental tree.
