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Senna multijuga

(Rich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby (1982)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Senna

false sicklepod

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Description

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Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Senna multijuga var. multijuga

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Wind

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 492 (1982)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Senna multijuga Koloa, near Hwy. 50 just E of Halfway Bridge, just N of Hwy. 50 along turnoff into canefield; with forestry plantings of Casuarina and Adenanthera Preserved_Specimen Trees of 10-12 m, trunk 25-30 cm in diam., crown spreading. Flowers bright yellow, sweetly fragrant. Immature fruit flat, reddish brown. Lorence, D.H. 6414 Kauai BISH 1989-11-30
2 Senna multijuga Ilima Drive, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1930-11-12
3 Senna multijuga South Hilo District, E Kawili along a road against a secondary forest of Falcataria, Melochia, and Clusia, 10 mature and numerous immature Preserved_Specimen tree 6 m tall, flws bright yellow, sweetly scented; pods stipitate, broadly linear, obtuse Murphy, M. 238 Hawaii BISH 2022-12-13
4 Senna multijuga Hilo Cultivated on a school campus Preserved_Specimen Flws bright yellow, petals conspicuously asymmetrical and curved. Rauch, F. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-29
5 Senna multijuga Hilo Cultivated on a school campus. Preserved_Specimen Flws bright yellow, petals conspicuously asymmetrical and curved. Rauch, F. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-19
6 Senna multijuga Kawaihau District. Kuilau Trail, below Keahua Arboretum. Disturbed lowland windward Forest with Ground cover of weedy grasses, Sphagneticola trilobata, Lantana camara, Cyclosorus interruptus, Rubus rosifolius, Ageratina. Canopy of Aleurites, Pisonia, Freycinetia, Psidium guava, P. cattleianum Preserved_Specimen Naturalizing off of trail About 20 trees in area. Trunks bent down slope. 15 feet tall, dark and white mottled trunk. Leaflets med-green above and white-green below. Flowers dary yellow. Tangalin, N. 3558 Kauai BISH 2013-11-22
7 Senna multijuga Honolulu, Alewa Hts Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. 61 Oahu BISH 1926-11-06
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