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Senna pendula var. indecora

(Kunth) Luckow (1996)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Scandent or weakly erect, foetid shrubs 2–6 m tall.

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Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets (2)3–6(7) airs, opposite, the distal ones larger, broadly to narrowly obovate or obovate–cuneate, (1.8–)2.2–5.5(–6.5) cm long, (0.7–1–2(–2.4) cm wide. Apex rounded, mucronulate or shallowly emarginate. Base obliquely cuneate. Leaflet upper surfaces green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent toward base or along midrib. Leaflet margins entire. Petiolate; petiolar nectaries always between the first and sometimes also second pairs of leaflets, 0.7–2.8 mm long. Stipules linear–lanceolate to linear–oblanceolate, 1.5–9 mm long, caducous.

Flowers: Flowers in racemes 3–30 cm long. Flowers caesalpinaceous. Pedicels 8–37 mm long, bracts subulate-lanceolate, 1–4 mm long, caducous as pedicels begin to elongate; bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes yellowish to reddish brown, outer ones ovate to elliptic–lanceolate, the innermost obovate to elliptic–suborbicular, the longest sepal 9.5–13 mm long; margins membranous, lobes 5, imbricate. Corolla of 5 petals, golden yellow to orangish yellow, fading yellow, the standard broadly obovate–flabellate, the others ovate to obovate, the abaxial ones sometimes oblong–elliptic, the longest petal 12–16 mm long. Staminodes obdeltate, 1.2–4.5 mm long; filaments of 4 median Stamens 1.4–4 mm long, those of lateral abaxial Stamens dilated, 6.5–20 mm long, straight, shorter than to not more than twice as long as the anthers; anther of central abaxial stamen sterile, fertile anthers dehiscent by U–shaped slits, long anthers abruptly constricted into a beak as long as or longer than the diameter of the pore, fertile anthers, basifixed, usually modified into sets of 4 median and abaxial anthers. Ovary superior; styles 5–8 mm long.

Fruit: Pods pendulous; chartaceous; cylindrical; straight or slightly curved 8–15 cm long; often portions sterile and then variably distorted; 7–18 cm long; tardily or not dehiscent; the mesocarp and exocarp separating when fruit fully ribe; the cavity with membranous interseminal septa. Seeds in 2 rows; brown; smooth and glossy or dull; obliquely obovoid; perpendicular to capsule axis; embedded in copious or scanty pulp; 4.1–6.5 mm long; without an areole.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Baileya 23: 229 (1996)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:701 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koloa. Weliweli Road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 725 Kauai BISH 5/5/1984
2 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Along road near the Wet Cave PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. s.n. Kauai BISH 6/16/1978
3 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kaupulehu, near transect t18 Remnant Diospyros forest. On kipuka border. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. shimabukoro, c. collector number: 5815 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1989
4 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 2263 Kauai BISH 12/27/1971
5 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Puna PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 2858 Hawaii BISH 8/1/1959
6 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kaupulehu; remnant Diospyros forest near transect T18. On Kipuka border, common throughout the Kaupulehu-Puuwaawaa parcel PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 5815 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1989
7 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Fenced area in Kaupulehu Forest Reserve, W of Kaupulehu lava flow; PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 4904 Hawaii BISH 7/28/1983
8 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kalihi road with Cibotium, Clermontia parviflora, Coprosma ochracea, etc. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 730 Hawaii BISH 11/6/1908
9 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow 8 miles from turnoff to Kona PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Woolford, H.A. s.n. Hawaii BISH 12/23/1954
10 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow se koolau mts. aina hina; 2nd gully, west side, about 1/4 mi. beyond end of hao st PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. collector number: 1259 Oahu BISH 5/10/1958
11 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kalaupapa National Historical Park; airport, road between airport and pavillion PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wysong, M.L. 405 Molokai BISH 11/11/2004
12 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow hamakua district, kukuihaele quad, waipio valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. collector number: 2001-12 Maui BISH 3/13/2001
13 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow koloa district; lawai valley, national tropical botanical garden. along road below office complex PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. wagner, w.l. collector number: 3586 Kauai BISH 11/14/1989
14 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kalia, honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN octavio, a.m. Oahu BISH 11/26/1929
15 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kaupulehu, near transect T18 Remnant Diospyros forest. On kipuka border. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. Shimabukoro, C. Collector Number: 5815 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1989
16 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kona, honaunau, beach between puuhonua pt. and alahaka bay PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bryan jr., e.h. Oahu BISH 1/25/1957
17 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow HawaiI Tropical Botanical Garden, Onomea Bay, 5 mi N. of Hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Johnston, E. s.n. Hawaii BISH 6/12/1990
18 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kaupulehu, near transect T18 Remnant Diospyros forest. On kipuka border. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 5815 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1989
19 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koele PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 392 Lanai BISH 9/11/1928
20 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow koele PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 392 Lanai BISH 9/11/1928
21 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow SE Koolau Mts. Aina Hina; 2nd gully, west side, about 1/4 mi beyond end of Hao St PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 1259 Oahu BISH 5/10/1958
22 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow makaha valley, near stable area, west side of road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN davis, j. kores, p. collector number: 109 Oahu BISH 5/11/1979
23 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow hawaii tropical botanical garden, onomea bay, 5 mi n. of hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN johnston, e. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 6/12/1990
24 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kaupulehu; remnant diospyros forest near transect t18. on kipuka border, common throughout the kaupulehu-puuwaawaa parcel PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. shimabukoro, c. collector number: 5815 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1989
25 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Makaha Valley, near stable area, west side of road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Davis, J. 109 Oahu BISH 5/11/1979
26 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kona, Honaunau, beach between Puuhonua Pt. and Alahaka Bay PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bryan Jr., E.H. s.n. Hawaii BISH 1/25/1957
27 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Hamakua District, Kukuihaele quad, Waipio Valley Small tree on dry ground in corner of abandoned taro lo'i, growing with Verbena litoralis, Momordica, Syzygium cumini. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. 2001-12 Hawaii BISH 3/13/2001
28 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow koa mill road, alika homesteads, s. kona mixed mesic forest and shrubland, 80% cover, 40% Cheirodendron trigynum @ 8 m tall, 5% Dodonaea viscosa @ 3 m, 5% Nestegis sandwicensis @ 5 m, 2% Coprosma foliosa @ 3m, with rich fern understory and scattered Metrosideros polymorpha, Hedyotis acuminata Cyrtandra grayi PRESERVED_SPECIMEN baldwin, p.h catto, r.j. collector number: 18548 Maui BISH 12/27/1937
29 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow down Chain of Craters Road about 28.5 miles toward Kalapana from intersection with Crater Rim Road; 0.2 miles before Queen's Bath. About 0.25 miles up the Royal Estates Road, not from HVNP boundary (plot 27) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Newell, C.L. 124 Hawaii BISH 7/20/1966
30 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow puukoo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hitchcock, a.s. Molokai BISH 10/8/1916
31 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow down chain of craters road about 28.5 miles toward kalapana from intersection with crater rim road; 0.2 miles before queen's bath. about 0.25 miles up the royal estates road, not from hvnp boundary (plot 27) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN newell, c.l. collector number: 123 Oahu BISH 7/20/1966
32 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kalihi road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 730 Oahu BISH 11/6/1908
33 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow unknown PreservedSpecimen Forbes, C.N. Collector Number: s.n. BISH Specimen
34 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow 8 miles from turnoff to kona PRESERVED_SPECIMEN woolford, h.a. Maui BISH 12/23/1954
35 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow North Halawa Site B1-75 Sunny exposure PRESERVED_SPECIMEN McConnell, K. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/1/1991
36 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kalihi road Growing on steep part of trail above Koaie Stream (Mohihi side). PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 730 Kauai BISH 11/6/1908
37 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow down chain of craters road about 28.5 miles toward kalapana from intersection with crater rim road; 0.2 miles before queen's bath. about 0.25 miles up the royal estates road, not from hvnp boundary (plot 27) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN newell, c.l. collector number: 124 Hawaii BISH 7/20/1966
38 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kapalama elementary school grounds, beside the fence facing likelike hwy.on the ewa side of the campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. herbst, d.r. collector number: 460 Oahu BISH 7/1/1989
39 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow palolo valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN garber, d.w. collector number: 395 Hawaii BISH 5/2/1920
40 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koa Mill Road, Alika Homesteads, S. Kona middle Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Baldwin, P.H. 18548 Hawaii BISH 12/27/1937
41 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Palolo Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Garber, D.W. 395 Oahu BISH 5/2/1920
42 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Mapulehu Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 601. Mo Molokai BISH 9/1/1912
43 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow quarry near kalapana, just off highway 13, puna district Growing with Pandanus and Reynoldsia sandwicensis on rocky ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cuddihy, l.w. collector number: 689 Hawaii BISH 1/22/1981
44 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow fenced area in kaupulehu forest reserve, w of kaupulehu lava flow; PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. gustafson, r.; martin, w.c.; flynn, t. collector number: 4904 Hawaii BISH 7/28/1983
45 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kapalama Elementary School grounds, beside the fence facing Likelike Hwy.on the ewa side of the campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 460 Oahu BISH 7/1/1989
46 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow puna In algal turf, with Jania. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. collector number: 2858 Oahu BISH 8/8/1959
47 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow east maui, hana district, hana, se of hamoa to waioka with Syzygium, Amaranthus and Terminalia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. sidler, c. collector number: 2563 Maui BISH 10/27/1987
48 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Maunawili Stream, head of Kawainui Marsh, edge of pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 54721 Oahu BISH 3/28/1978
49 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Hamakua District, Kukuihaele quad, Waipio Valley Small tree on dry ground in corner of abandoned taro lo'i, growing with Verbena litoralis, Momordica, Syzygium cumini. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. Collector Number: 2001-12 Hawaii BISH 3/13/2001
50 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow north halawa site b1-75 Sunny exposure PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mcconnell, k. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 11/1/1991
51 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow maunawili stream, head of kawainui marsh, edge of pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 54721 Oahu BISH 3/28/1978
52 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow koloa. weliweli road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 725 Kauai BISH 5/5/1984
53 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow down Chain of Craters Road about 28.5 miles toward Kalapana from intersection with Crater Rim Road; 0.2 miles before Queen's Bath. About 0.25 miles up the Royal Estates Road, not from HVNP boundary (plot 27) PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Newell, C.L. 123 Hawaii BISH 7/20/1966
54 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow a'a fields with leucaena leucocephala-triumfetta semitriloba-synedrella association. c. 2.5 mi. s of kailua, above kuakini hwy. north kona PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 2587 Hawaii BISH 1/14/1983
55 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow A'a fields with Leucaena leucocephala-Triumfetta semitriloba-Synedrella association. C. 2.5 mi S of Kailua, above Kuakini Hwy. North Kona PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K.M. 2587 Hawaii BISH 1/14/1983
56 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 2263 Kauai BISH 12/27/1971
57 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koloa District; Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden. Along road below office complex PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 3586 Kauai BISH 11/14/1989
58 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden. Along road below office complex. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 3586 Kauai PTBG 11/14/1989
59 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Poipu Road at Waikomo Stream. On south side of bridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 1031 Kauai PTBG 3/25/1985
60 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koloa, Weliweli road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 725 Kauai PTBG 1/5/1984
61 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Nawiliwili Bay, at rocky edge of south shore. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lynwood Hume 294 Kauai PTBG 2/15/1988
62 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Haiku, near top of kauhikoa. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H100113 Maui PTBG 10/21/2001
63 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, East below Crater Hill, along the Nihoku Fenceline, Plot C3. Coastal Mesic Schinus Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 3421 Kauai PTBG 1/21/2013
64 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Lawai Valley. Camara lands adjacent to waterfall path. Secondary vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 7251 Kauai PTBG 6/16/2005
65 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow On the east side of Anini beach, on the north side of Anini Rd. On Roadside, climbing over vegetation and up guy wire on to power pole. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 763 Kauai PTBG 11/30/2015
66 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Coastal pasture lands SE of Hamoa to Waioka. Elev. 0-100 ft. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 2563 Maui PTBG 10/27/1987
67 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Quarry near Kalapana, just off Highway 13, Puna District Growing with Pandanus and Reynoldsia sandwicensis on rocky ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cuddihy, L.W. 689 Hawaii BISH 1/22/1981
68 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Lawai Valley. Camara pasture lands adjacent to Big Valley luau site. Secondary vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 7251 Kauai PTBG 6/16/2005
69 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow kalaupapa national historical park; airport, road between airport and pavillion PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wysong, m.l. collector number: 405 Molokai BISH 11/11/2004
70 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kalia, Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Octavio, A.M. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/26/1929
71 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow along road near the wet cave PRESERVED_SPECIMEN corn, c. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 6/16/1978
72 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow mapulehu valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 601. mo Molokai BISH 9/1/1912
73 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Kaena Point Growing on the sides of moist ravines, rather dry to dry area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G.A. 19 Oahu BISH 11/20/1955
74 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Koloa, along Mahaulepu Rd. Naturalized along roadside, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 953 Kauai PTBG 3/7/2017
75 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow East Maui, Hana District, Hana, SE of Hamoa to Waioka with Syzygium, Amaranthus and Terminalia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 2563 Maui BISH 10/27/1987
76 Senna pendula var. indecora (Kunth) Luckow Pukoo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hitchcock, A.S. s.n. Molokai BISH 10/8/1916
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