Senna meridionalis

Botanical Description

Senna meridionalis is a shrub or small tree; it can grow up to 5 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The bole is somewhat swollen near the base[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is occasionally grown as an ornamental, valued for its swollen bole[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. Senna meridionalis is experiencing a continuing decline in population because of habitat destruction due to wild fires, deforestation, conversion of the land into cropland, selective logging and grazing. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].