Senna podocarpa (Guill. & Perr.) Lock

 
  • Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
  • Synonym(s) : Cassia podocarpa Guill. & Perr.; Cassia afzeliana Vogel
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Senna podocarpa (Guill. & Perr.) Lock
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree, well-branched with ascending branches; Branches ascending, terete, completely glabrous; Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets arranged in 3-4 pairs, rachis long, flattened, without glands; Stipules lanceolate, striate, glabrous, spreading, persistent; Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, minutely mucronate at the apex, shortly petiolulate, completely glabrous and green on both surfaces, 2–4 inches long and 1–1½ inches broad; Fruit pod, dry, papery, linear-oblong, compressed, tapering into a pointed tip at both ends, margin usually entire, sometimes slightly undulate or constricted, surface extremely torulose, prominently reticulate-veined, black and shining outside, whitish internally; Seeds ovate-compressed, tapering to pointed base, black, shining, attached by a long, slender funicle.
  • Flower, Fruit : March
  • Native : Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : W. Tropical Africa, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Senna podocarpa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Senna podocarpa. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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