715 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Fabales

► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family

► Family (Alt) Caesalpiniaceae

► Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

► Tribe Cassieae

► Subtribe Cassiinae

► Genus Senna Mill. - Senna

Synonyms

≡ Cassia alata (basinom) L.

Common names

Candelabra bush (English)

Candlebush (English)

Candlestick senna (English)

Candlesticks (English)

Candletree (English)

Carrion crow bush (English)

Christmas-candle (English)

Empress-candleplant (English)

Golden candelabra tree (English)

Ringworm plant (English)

Ringworm senna (English)

Ringworm tree (English)

Ringwormbush (English)

Ringwormshrub (English)

Roman candle tree (English)

Seven-golden-candlesticks (English)

Bois dartre (French)

Casse (French)

Dartres (French)

 

Bajagua (Spanish)

Mocoté (Spanish)

 

Dadmurdan (India (Hindi))

Dat-ka-pat (India (Hindi))

Dadrughna (India (Sanskrit))

Dvipagasti (India (Sanskrit))

Seemaiagathi (India (Tamil))

 

Café-beirão (Brazil (Portuguese))

Fedegoso-gigante (Brazil (Portuguese))

Fedegoso-grande (Brazil (Portuguese))

Mangerioba-do-pará (Brazil (Portuguese))

Mangerioba-grande (Brazil (Portuguese))

Mata-pasto (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Tall erect candelabralike racemes of small bright golden yellow flowers with five sharply incurved petals; the open flowers appear at the base of the raceme below compact buds covered with a soft rubbery rusty gold sheath. A large open shrub with very large pinnate leaves.