Glossy shower
Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 4.6 m
- wide
- 3.7 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Cassia fastigiata, Cassia suffruticosa, Cassia surattensis, Psilorhegma suffruticosa, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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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
- Indian Subcontinent to MyanmarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Rainbow Gardens, one source
- Height
- 4.6 mRead from Rainbow Gardens, one source
- Spread
- 3.7 mRead from Rainbow Gardens, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Rainbow Gardens and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Rainbow Gardens and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 茳芒决明, 黄槐, 黄槐决明
- Simplified Chinese
- 黄槐决明
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Rainbow Gardens, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Senna surattensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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