Senna
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any plant of the genus Sennia (formerly placed in Cassia), leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of the family Leguminosae ( family), most common in warm regions.
Senna didymobotrya
Scientific Name: Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby
Synonym: Cassia didymobotrya, Chamaesenna didymobotrya
Family: Fabaceae ...
Botanical name: Senna alata Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Synonyms: Cassia alata
This plant, a 6 - 25 feet tall, perennial shrub, has erect waxy yellow spikes that resemble fat candles before the individual blossoms open.
Therapeutics and Pharmacology: Senna is a safe and effective laxative used widely throughout the world.
Wild Senna
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Wild Senna (Cassia) - The only hardy member of a great family, with us it is nearly herbaceous, dying back, and so deserving a warm place in a free soil. It is best in the southern counties. N. America.
Bladder Senna are fully winter hardy, tall woody, deciduous shrubs with elegant feathered foliage and bright yellow flowers, which are followed by inflated, translucent and papery pods (capsules).
Bladder Senna - profile
Scientific name: Swainsona colutoides
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Description ...
Senna flowers are a favorite of butterflies.
Description
Christmas senna is an open, sprawling, evergreen shrub that gets up to 12 ft (3.7 m) tall with about the same spread.
Senna (from Arabic sanā), the sennas, is a large genus of around 250 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Wild senna is rare in Connecticut, and it is classified as a species of special concern by the state.
Golden Wonder Senna
Cassia splendida 'Golden'
Huge 3" golden blooms make a spectacular show in fall, blooming from August to November. A small but vigorous evergreen tree or large shrub for mild climates.
Wild senna is indigenous to Suriname and it is found in secondary vegetation or along riverbanks on moist and even wet spots.
It is also a host plant to many species of sulphur caterpillars, included the orange barred sulphure.
Europeans were introduced to a similar Senna by Arabs and upon arriving in the Americas the Natives here introduced them the this Senna. Used as a laxative by herbalist it is also found in pharmaceutical preparations.
SENNA SPECTABILIS
Cassia spectabilis
General Notes
Needs pruning for strong structure. Typically has multiple trunks, but is trainable as a standard. Can be grown near deck or patio. Branches droop and are susceptible to breakage.
Cassia - Senna
Cassia leptophylla - Gold Medallion Tree
Cassia marilandica - Wild Senna
Cassia occidentalis - Coffee Senna ...
Senna corymbosa, Cassia falcata
Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae
Flowery Senna, Fabaceae Pea, Argentina Senna
Origin: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay ...
Senna x floribunda ( Senna )
Sequoia sempervirens ( Adpressa Redwood )
Sequoia sempervirens ( Aptos Blue Redwood ) ...
also Senna artemisioides (Feathery senna)
form is best when kept at lower water levels
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bladder senna Colutea arborescens
bloodflower; bloodflower milkweed; bastard ipecac Asclepias curassavica
bloodwood tree; logwood Haematoxylum campechianum
blue field gilia Gilia capitata
blue lawn grass Garnotia stricta
blue lettuce Lactuca tatarica ...
Bladder senna (Colutea arborescens)
Blanket flower, blanketflower (Gaillardia species)
Bleeding heart (Dicentra species)
Bletilla (Bletilla striata)
Blood flower ()
Bloodflower, scarlet milkweed, Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) ...
Guacamaya francesa - Senna alata
Guacima - Guazuma ulmifolia
Guaco - Mikania guaco
Gualda - Reseda luteola
Guar - Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Guaraguo - Guarea guidonia
Guaraná - Paullinia cupana
Guardalobo - Verbascum thapsus ...
---Medicinal Action and Uses---Figs are used for their mild, laxative action, and are employed in the preparation of laxative confections and syrups, usually with senna and carminatives.
As you move south you will encounter more species of the Pea subfamily, plus other plants from the Mimosa and Bird-of-Paradise-Tree or Senna Subfamilies. These groups include mostly trees and shrubs, but also a few herbs.
Black Bindweed, Black Bog-rush, Black Broom, Black Bryony, Black Currant, Black Grass, Black Horehound, Black Knapweed, Black Medick, Black Mustard, Black Nightshade, Black Pea, Black Poplar, Blackthorn, Bladder Campion, Bladder Sedge, Bladder Senna, ...
Colutea are the bladder sennas, deciduous shrubs with clusters of yellow pea-type flowers followed by inflated seedpods which are distinctive and decorative. They will thrive in dry, hot places where many other plants would fail.
Familie Caesalpiniaceae
Eine Familie mit etwa 2000 Vertretern, überwiegend tropische oder subtropische Holzpflanzen. Senna (Cassia senna ) ist ein bekannter Vertreter.
Tamarindus indica (Tamarinde)
Familie Mimosaceae
Acacia victoriae (Akaziensamen) ...
Chamaecrista fasciculata
(Partridge pea, Senna, Sleeping plant) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Partridge Pea, Prairie Senna, Pea,Partridge
Species:
Cassia fasciculata ...
 See also: Green, Cassia, May, Medic, Pea
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