Senna surattensis

(Scrambled egg plant)
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FAMILY |
Fabaceae / Caesalpiniaceae |
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Species |
Senna surattensis |
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Common name |
Scrambled egg plant- |
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Flower colour; life form |
Yellow; shrub |
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Campus |
Townsville |
Description
Shrub to about 5 m tall, the compound leaves usually have 5-6 pairs of obovate leaflets. There is a stalked gland to 2 mm long between the lower leaflet pairs. Flowers to 3 cm diameter, petals yellow, there are 10 fertile stamens, anthers brownish. Pod more or less straight to 25 cm long.