Cassia occidentalis (L.) Link.

Common Name : Coffee senna
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT

AN ERECT, FETID, WOODY HERB OR UNDERSHRUB.

STEMS

60-150 CM TALL, SMOOTH, PURPLISH OR GREEN.

LEAVES

ALTERNATE, PINNATE, 15-20 CM LONG, STIPULATE WITH A SESSILE DARK BROWN GLAND NEAR THE BASE OF THE PETIOLE; LEAFLETS 3-5 PAIRS, OPPOSITE, SHORT-STALKED, MEMBRANOUS, OVATE OR LANCEOLATE, 3-9 CM LONG AND 1.5-4 CM WIDE, BASE ROUNDED, APEX ACUTE OR ATTENUATE, GLABROUS ABOVE, GLAUCOUS BENEATH.

FLOWERS

YELLOW, IN SHORT, FEW-FLOWERED AXILLARY OR TERMINAL RACEMES.

FRUITS

PODS RECURVED, GLABROUS, COMPRESSED, 10-13 CM LONG AND 0.8 CM WIDE.

SEEDS

DARK OLIVE-GREEN, OVOID, COMPRESSED, SMOOTH, HARD, SHINY SEEDS, 6 MM LONG AND 4 MM WIDE.