Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_senna_pendula
Senna pendula
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About Senna pendula
A climbing or weakly erect shrub with pinnate leaves usually bearing three to six pairs of rounded obovate leaflets, larger toward the tip. Nectaries occur between the first and sometimes second leaflet pairs. Golden-yellow flowers develop into hanging cylindrical to slightly flattened cylindrical pods. Brown seeds lie in one or two rows within pulp. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Senna pendula
- Other names
- Senna pendula
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Preserve cylindrical hanging pods, unlike the strongly flat pods of several other Senna species in this list. Show one representative golden-yellow flower form.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Scandent or weakly erect, foetid shrubs 2-6 m tall.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A climbing or weakly erect shrub with pinnate leaves usually bearing three to six pairs of rounded obovate leaflets, larger toward the tip. Nectaries occur between the first and sometimes second leaflet pairs. Golden-yellow flowers develop into hanging cylindrical to slightly flattened cylindrical pods. Brown seeds lie in one or two rows within pulp. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.