Fabaceae

Valamuerto

Senna pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Senna

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Valamuerto
Spanish: Valamuerto

Synonyms

Cassia indecora var. pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Vogel
Cassia pendula Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Chamaefistula pendula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) G.Don

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native

Photos

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Photo: Dave Bartley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave Bartley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.