Candelabra Bush
पीतांबरசீமையகத்திసీమ తంగేడు
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.5 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Candlebush, Candlestick Plant, Candle Bush, Emperor's candlesticks, Empress Candle Plant
Formerly Cassia alata, Cassia bracteata, Herpetica alata, Herpetica rumphiana
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 4.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Mazorquilla, Guajavo
- Indonesian
- Ketepeng Kerbau, Ketepeng Cina
- French
- Dartrier, Casse ailé, Séné ailé
- Chinese
- 翅莢決明, 翅果鐵刀木, 翼柄決明
- Chinese (China)
- 翅果决明, 翅荚决明
- Japanese
- ハネセンナ
- root
- kasialata, Kerulabesokel, bakuatri
- Sinhala
- ඇත් තෝර
- Thai
- ชุมเห็ดเทศ
- Russian
- Сенна крылатая
- Portuguese
- Fedegoso-gigante, Mata-pasto-do-brejo, Manjerioba-do-pará
- Lithuanian
- Sparnuotoji velniapupė
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Senna alata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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