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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

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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

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

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

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Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Baileya 23: 229 (1996)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:701 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H [as S. pendula var. advena]); Luckow 1996:229 (Syn. S. p. var. advena = S. p. var. indecora); Munro 392 BISH (L†, 1928)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Senna pendula var. indecora 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 1958-05-10
2 Senna pendula var. indecora Puna Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 2858 Hawaii BISH 1959-08-01
3 Senna pendula var. indecora Fenced area in Kaupulehu Forest Reserve, W of Kaupulehu lava flow; Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4904 Hawaii BISH 1983-07-28
4 Senna pendula var. indecora Mapulehu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 601 Molokai BISH 1912-09-01
5 Senna pendula var. indecora Palolo Valley Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 395 Oahu BISH 1920-05-02
6 Senna pendula var. indecora Kalihi road Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 730 Oahu BISH 1908-11-06
7 Senna pendula var. indecora Kalia, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-26
8 Senna pendula var. indecora Kona, Honaunau, beach between Puuhonua Pt. and Alahaka Bay Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Hawaii BISH 1957-01-25
9 Senna pendula var. indecora Along road near the Wet Cave Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-16
10 Senna pendula var. indecora Pukoo Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. Molokai BISH 1916-10-08
11 Senna pendula var. indecora 8 miles from turnoff to Kona Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Hawaii BISH 1954-12-23
12 Senna pendula var. indecora Kauai Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2263 Kauai BISH 1971-12-27
13 Senna pendula var. indecora unknown Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. BISH
14 Senna pendula var. indecora Kaupulehu, near transect T18 Remnant Diospyros forest. On kipuka border. Preserved_Specimen Weedy shrub. Takeuchi, W.N. 5815 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-20
15 Senna pendula var. indecora Koloa District. Koloa, along Mahaulepu Rd. Naturalized along roadside, with Megathyrsus maximus, Leucaena leucocephala and Ipomoea ochracea. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub, leaves dull green, leaflets positioned with adaxial surfaces angled distally toward leaf rachis tip. Flowers bright yellow, the longest fertile stamens with a distinct beak; legumes pendulous, round, slightly inflated around ovules, brown. Brock, K. 953 Kauai BISH 2017-03-07
16 Senna pendula var. indecora Koa Mill Road, Alika Homesteads, S. Kona middle Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen 6 m shrub St.John, H. 18548 Hawaii BISH 1937-12-27
17 Senna pendula var. indecora 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. 200112 Hawaii BISH 2001-03-13
18 Senna pendula var. indecora East Maui, Hana District, Hana, SE of Hamoa to Waioka with Syzygium, Amaranthus and Terminalia Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2563 Maui BISH 1987-10-27
19 Senna pendula var. indecora East Maui, Muolea Point, Koali, Hana Disturbed Wet Lowland Preserved_Specimen Yellow flowers and seed pods Welton, P. 2228 Maui BISH 2006-04-24
20 Senna pendula var. indecora Kaena Point Growing on the sides of moist ravines, rather dry to dry area Preserved_Specimen Scrubby spreading shrub Pearsall, G.A. 19 Oahu BISH 1955-11-20
21 Senna pendula var. indecora Makaha Valley, near stable area, west side of road Preserved_Specimen A few large shrubs, 3m Davis, J. 109 Oahu BISH 1979-05-11
22 Senna pendula var. indecora North Halawa Site B1-75 Sunny exposure Preserved_Specimen Scrub brush along side of road. Large bush/small tree, 15 ft tall; flowers yellow. McConnell, K. Oahu BISH 1991-11-01
23 Senna pendula var. indecora Maunawili Stream, head of Kawainui Marsh, edge of pasture Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2.5m tall, flowers yellow, fruit green, terete Fosberg, F.R. 54721 Oahu BISH 1978-03-28
24 Senna pendula var. indecora Keopuka Lands, Captain Cook. Very hot, rocky area. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-12
25 Senna pendula var. indecora Quarry near Kalapana, just off Highway 13, Puna District Growing with Pandanus and Reynoldsia sandwicensis on rocky ridge. Preserved_Specimen Small sprawling tree or shrub, 8' tall. No flowers present. Fruit light brown. Cuddihy, L.W. 689 Hawaii BISH 1981-01-22
26 Senna pendula var. indecora Koele Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 392 Lanai BISH 1928-09-11
27 Senna pendula var. indecora 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 tree of ~2-3 m. Newell, C.L. 124 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-20
28 Senna pendula var. indecora Kalaupapa National Historical Park; airport, road between airport and pavillion Preserved_Specimen Scandent or weakly erect, foetid shrub. Wysong, M.L. 405 Molokai BISH 2004-11-11
29 Senna pendula var. indecora 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 tree of ~2-3 m. Newell, C.L. 123 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-20
30 Senna pendula var. indecora A'a fields with Leucaena leucocephala-Triumfetta semitriloba-Synedrella association. C. 2.5 mi S of Kailua, above Kuakini Hwy. North Kona Preserved_Specimen Strong-smelling shrub 2-3 m ht. with spreading branches. Leaves with bluish cast. Nagata, K.M. 2587 Hawaii BISH 1983-01-14
31 Senna pendula var. indecora Koloa District; Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden. Along road below office complex Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub. Leaflets dark, dull green with thin whitish-green margin, below dull, grey-green. In bud corolla yellowish-green; open flowers; calyx greenish-yellow, petals five, bright yellow; stamens 10, two long, one intermediate, four short, and three aborted. Flynn, T.W. 3586 Kauai BISH 1989-11-14
32 Senna pendula var. indecora Mapulehu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 601 Molokai BISH 1912-09-01
33 Senna pendula var. indecora Kaupulehu; remnant Diospyros forest near transect T18. On Kipuka border, common throughout the Kaupulehu-Puuwaawaa parcel Preserved_Specimen Weedy shrub. Takeuchi, W.N. 5815 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-20
34 Senna pendula var. indecora Kalihi road Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 730 Oahu BISH 1908-11-06
35 Senna pendula var. indecora HawaiI Tropical Botanical Garden, Onomea Bay, 5 mi N. of Hilo Preserved_Specimen Shrub with yellow flowers and swollen, inflated pods. Johnston, E. Hawaii BISH 1990-06-12
36 Senna pendula var. indecora East Maui, Haleakala National Park at Oheo by stairs to Oheo pools. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2450 Maui BISH 2019-10-30
37 Senna pendula var. indecora Kapalama Elementary School grounds, beside the fence facing Likelike Hwy.on the ewa side of the campus Preserved_Specimen Rounded shrub ca 2 m tall; branches drooping; flws bright sulfur-yellow; no frt present. Staples, G.W. 460 Oahu BISH 1989-07-01
38 Senna pendula var. indecora Koloa. Weliweli Road Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 4 to 6 ft. Flowers yellow orange Flynn, T.W. 725 Kauai BISH 1984-05-05
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