Trees & Plants

Candle bush

Ranauraa

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Grown as an ornamental plant to The leaves are used to treat ringworm infections. Decoction of the leaves and flowers are used as expectorant, astringent and mouth-wash in stomatitis. Th reat & damage: Senna can invade forests, forest edges, humid ravines, riverbanks, woodlands a

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uses: The leaves are used to treat ringworm infections. Decoction of the leaves and flowers are used as expectorant, astringent and mouth-wash in stomatitis. Th reat & damage: Senna can invade forests, forest edges, humid ravines, riverbanks, woodlands and grasslands. It can form dense thickets and shade out most native 5 plants. The plant is particularly aggressive in areas where there is a high water table.
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Cassia alata L., Cassia bracteata L.f.
description: Erect shrubs. Leaves pinnate, 28-60 cm long; leaflets 6-12 × pairs, 4-13 2-6 cm, oblong to obovate- oblong, apex rounded, base rounded to subcordate; stipules 1-2 cm long, deltoid, base auriculate, apex acute to acuminate. fl Inflorescence terminal or axillary, many- flowered spicate raceme, 40-60 cm long. Flowers yellow; pedicels 4-8 mm long; Th bracts petaloid, yellow, 1-2 cm long, ovate-elliptic, subacute. Sepals 1-1.5 cm long, yellow. Petals yellow, 1.5-2 cm long, obovate. Stamens 10, anthers 2 large, 5 medium-sized, and 3 small. Pods 9-14 in × 1.5-2 cm, linear, 4-winged, septate, × dehiscent; seeds many, 5-7 4-5 mm, rhomboid, compressed, dark brown.
native range: Tropical America
distribution: Pantropical
english names: Candle bush · Ringworm cassia · Winged senna
flowering fruiting: September- January
occurrence maldives: Grown as an ornamental plant to