Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

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Cassia alata Linnaeus, Spec. Plant., 378, 1753.
Small tree or shrub. Branches stout, pithy, commonly more or less finely pubescent
Leaves alternate, short petiolate, pinnately compound, leaflets 25 or more, oblong, sessi e,
up to 15 Or more cm. long and 5 cm. wide, essentially glabrous, mucronate. Flowers
yellow, about 4 cm. wide, in large racemose clusters.
Introduced ornamental (10220). Sap from young leaves is used in native
medicines as a treatment féff ringworm. English name, candelabra bush,
native name, mulamula.
HERBARIUM
T. G. YUNCKER
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Beraiee P. Blabop Museum
Cassia alata L.
Small tree 3 m. tall. Quit
ornamental, Hakupu village.
Feb. 16, 1940.
‘mulamula*
Coll. T. G. Yuncke*
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