Senna alata - Candelabra Bush - Biodiversity of Singapore

Taxonomic tree

Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Magnoliopsida 1790 Order Fabales 169 Family Fabaceae 158 Subfamily Caesalpinioideae 19 Tribe Cassieae 7 Subtribe Cassiinae 7 Genus Senna 6

Senna alata

Senna occidentalis Senna polyphylla Senna siamea Senna spectabilis Senna surattensis

Introduced

Senna alata (L.) Roxb. Species

Candelabra Bush

Introduced tree species. Naturalized, cultivated.

Other common names

Candlestick Plant en, Christmas Candle en, Emperor's Candlesticks en, Empress Candle Plant en, Golden Candlestick en, Ringworm Bush en, Candlebush en, Candlestick Senna en, Ringworm Senna en, Ringwormshrub en, Seven-golden-candles en, சீமையகத்தி ta, 对叶豆 zh, 翅叶槐 zh, 翅果铁刀木 zh, 翅柄决明 zh.

Distribution

American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uganda, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.