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Gamboa, Colon, Panama
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Christmas Island
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Native to central Chile where the genus is known as Quebrachos.
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Family: CaesalpinaceaeLocal name: Senna; Sunamukhi (Telugu)Distribution: Found in India. Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore district. The dried leaves and pods are used as laxative. Because of over exploitation it is rarely found in wild. 30-50cm long herbs. Leaves unipinnately compound. Flowers in axilary racemes. Pod a compressed legume. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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The colorful pods of a species found in the Andes foothills, central and southern Chile.
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Also known as the Kassod Tree, and as Mjohoro here in Tanzania. The boiled leaves are edible, and it is planted as fodder and for medicinal applications. Native to southeast Asia.
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Family: CaesalpinaceaeDistribution: Native of tropical America, and naturalised in tropics. Photographed at Nellore on a tank bund.1-2m tall undershrub, branches hirsute, Leaves pinnate, 12-20cm long, leaflets 4-6pairs, ovate oblong, base obtuse, apex acute, densly appressed-hirsute. Flowers 1cm across, yellow, in axillary pairs. Pods 6-10cm long, densly villous, subterete, 3-5mm wide. The leaf paste along with lime and egg yoke is applied to fix fractured bones for cattle and also for humans in villages.Reference: Flora presidency of Madras by Gamble.
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Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia
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Found in the western parts of the Amazon Basin, and used in indigenous medicine for headaches and earaches. Photo from the Calanoa Reserve, Colombian Amazon.
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This is known as the Argentine Senna or as the Flowery Senna. It is native to northern Argentina and parts of Paraguay and Uruguay. Photo from Salta region, Argentina.
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Christmas Island
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia
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Blantyre, Malawi
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Native to the mountains of Colombia and Ecuador. Bogota Botanical Gardens.