Senna spectabilis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby
| Kannada Name : | None |
| Common Name : | Golden wonder tree |
| Family Name : | Fabaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Senna spectabilis |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | June - August |
| Fruiting Period : | December - February |
| Origin : | south and central america |
Uses
The plant has been used to treat ringworm and skin disease. A leaf extract in alcohol has shown significant antifungal activity and suggests a potential use in infections caused by Candida albicans.
Description
Small evergreen trees, 5-10 m tall, with long, spreading branches. Bark greyish brown, smooth, fissured at age. Young branches, petioles, and rachises of leaves densely yellowish brown velutinous. Leaves pinnate, alternate; leaflets 8-19 pairs, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, abaxially densely yellowish brown velutinous, adaxially glabrous or puberulent, base subrounded and slightly oblique, apex acute, cuspidate. Flowers in terminal panicles or axillary racemes. Flowers bisexual, yellow. Fruit a pod, black, narrowly cylindric, slightly compressed, slightly contracted between seeds, annulate-septate, glabrous. Seeds 50‐70, suborbicular.
