False sicklepod

Senna multijuga, commonly called false sicklepod, is a fast-growing leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae native to tropical America, particularly Brazil and surrounding regions. It typically reaches 6 to 15 meters in height, with a spreading crown and slender trunk. The leaves are pinnately compound with many pairs (often 15 to 40) of small oblong leaflets arranged along a rachis, giving a fine-textured, feathery appearance. Showy terminal panicles of bright yellow five-petaled flowers appear in summer and autumn, attracting bees and other pollinators. The fruit is a flattened, woody, dark-brown pod containing many seeds. The species is widely planted as an ornamental street and park tree in the Neotropics and beyond, and naturalizes in disturbed and secondary forest habitats. It is also used in agroforestry and reforestation projects for its rapid growth and nitrogen-fixing root nodules.