Fabaceae
Siamese cassia
Senna siamea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (22)
- ace
- Ceubrék
- arz
- سينا سيامى
- Bangla
- মিনজিরি
- Burmese
- မယ်ဇလီပင်
- Cantonese
- 鐵刀木, 孟買薔薇木, 孟買黑檀, 暹羅槐, 暹羅決明, 泰國山扁豆
- Chinese
- 铁刀木, 鐵刀木, 黑心树, 哈坑懒, 埋西哩, 望江南子, 孟买蔷薇木, 孟买黑檀
- English
- Siamese cassia, Cassod tree, Kassod tree, Pheasantwood
- French
- Casse du Siam, Thai-koet sân pién theu
- German
- Kassodbaum
- hak
- Thiet tô muk, Men mâi het thân, Men mâi siông mî muk, Siâm lò fâi, Siâm lò kiet mìn
- Indonesian
- Johar, Juar
- Japanese
- タガヤサン, 鉄刀木
- Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆತಂಗಡಿ
- Malagasy
- Cassia
- Malay
- Johar
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞക്കൊന്ന
- Portuguese
- Cássia-de-sião
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၸလီႇ, မွၵ်ႇမႆႉၶီႈလဵၵ်း, မွၵ်ႇၸီႇလီႇ, မႆႉၶီႈလဵၵ်း, မႆႉၸလီႇ
- Sundanese
- Juwar
- Thai
- ขี้เหล็ก, ต้นขี้เหล็ก
- Vietnamese
- Muồng đen
- Wolof
- Àkkasaa
Synonyms
- Cassia arborea Macfad.
- Cassia florida Vahl
- Cassia gigantea Bertero ex DC.
- Cassia siamea Lam.
- Cassia siamea var. puberula Kurz
- Cassia sumatrana Roxb. ex Hornem.
- Cassia sumatrana DC.
- Chamaefistula gigantea (Bertero ex DC.) G.Don
- Sciacassia siamea (Lam.) Britton & Rose
- Sciacassia siamea (Lam.) Britton
- Senna sumatrana (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shruti Pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hugues barthelemy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 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.