Senna didymobotrya

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Growing form

Multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub or a small tree

Size

0,5-5 m

Stem

Stems spreading, covered in hairs

Leaf

Leaves fetid, smelling somewhat like peanut butter when crushed, usually 10-30 cm. Leaflets in 8-18 pairs, oblong-elliptic, pubescent, apex rounded to obtuse.

Flower

Petals yellow, sepals dark brown. Inflorescence a raceme.

Fruit and seed

A flattened pod with brown seeds that are compressed in same plane as the pod, oblong, apiculate.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: IPS-175 Flora and vegetation of East Africa - Crop plants, weeds and invading species CC BY 4.0

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A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Senna didymobotrya
Author
(Fresen.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby
Vernacular names
  • terttusenna (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009653
Taxon rank
species
Expert
  • Jouko Rikkinen
DNA barcode sequences
Senna didymobotrya
7 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)