Fabaceae
Casia amarilla
Senna spectabilis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Senna
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 美丽决明, 美丽山扁豆, 美洲槐
- English
- Casia amarilla
- Hebrew
- כסיה נאה
- Kinyarwanda
- Cassiya
- Malagasy
- Cassia
- Portuguese
- Chamaefistula speciosa, Chá de habú, Fedegoso do Rio, Manduirana
- Spanish
- Cathartocarpus speciosus, Cathartocarpus trinitatis, Macuteno
Synonyms
- Cassia spectabilis DC.
- Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.) Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Leandro R. M. de Marco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman, 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.