[Specimen details]

Senna alata
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Senna alata (L.) Roxb. - Determined By: L. C. Noel, 18 Sep 2016
Determination History
Cassia alata L.
Cassia alata L. - Determined By: H. S. Irwin, Dec 1968
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : 5810 LeJeune Road, Coral Gables.
Description Shrub, 1.2, inflorescence to 1.7 m; flowers yellow; plant attacked by senna caterpillar; shrub spreading from a central trunk.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes CULTIVATED. Planted from seed of cultivated population on Merrit Island, original source unknown.
Collector W. T. Gillis 7160
Collection Date 12 Nov 1968
Accession Number 284705
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