Fabaceae FAMILY

Senna silvestris

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Senna silvestris is a semideciduous shrub growing up to 3 metres tall in the savannah, becoming a tree growing up to 20 metres tall in the rainforest. It has a low, dense, rounded crown. The short bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The low value wood is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use. With its exuberant flowering, this is a very ornamental plant. It has great potential for use in landscaping, especially in urban areas[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatFound in a wide variety of habitats from the savannah and various types of forest from the rainforest to semideciduous altitude forests in both upland sites and floodplains that can be seasonally inundated[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].