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Senna alata

Christmas candle

Other common names
craw-craw
empress candle plant
see moreringworm cassia
ringworm senna
ringworm shrub
seven golden candlesticks
winged senna plant
Synonyms
Cassia alata
Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Senna

Genus description

Senna can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs , trees or perennials with pinnate leaves and terminal or axillary racemes, corymbs or panicles of usually yellow, bowl-shaped, 5-petalled flowers

Name status

Correct

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