Fabaceae
Arsenic bush
Senna septemtrionalis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 光叶决明, 繁花決明, 光决明
- English
- Arsenic bush
- Indonesian
- Kicik-kicik
- Persian
- درخت پهلوی
Synonyms
- Adipera laevigata (Willd.) Britton & Rose
- Cassia aurata (Roxb.) Vogel
- Cassia coymbosa Ortega
- Cassia elegans Kunth
- Cassia floribunda var. pubescens V.Singh
- Cassia grandiflora Desf.
- Cassia laevigata Willd.
- Cassia quadrangularis Zoll. & Moritzi
- Cassia septemtrionalis Viv.
- Cassia septentrionalis Zuccagni
- Cassia septentrionalis Sessé & Moc.
- Cassia vernicosa Clos
- Chamaecassia grandiflora Link
- Chamaecassia laevigata (Willd.) Link
- Chamaefistula elegans (Kunth) G.Don
- Chamaefistula laevigata (Willd.) G.Don
- Chamaesenna laevigata (Willd.) Pittier
- Senna aurata Roxb.
- Senna floribunda var. pubescens (V.Singh) V.Singh
- Senna septemtrionalis var. pubescens (V.Singh) V.Singh
- Senna septemtrionalis var. septemtrionalis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, 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.