Senna siamea

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands to Midlands

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Fast	Weeding, coppicing, pollarding, lopping	Yes	Evergreen	Rwanda

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Rwanda	500-2800	20-31	0-1800	Performs best on deep well-drained fertile soils with pH 5.5-7.5, but will grow on degraded lateritic soils provided drainage is not impeded. The species is intolerant of saline soils

Kinyarwanda
Senna

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Fabaceae	Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for furniture, Timber for construction, Medicine, Bee Forage	Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence	Senna siamea	Link	Ornamental, Shade, Soil erosion control, Wind break	Link

Origin	Location
Exotic	Bugesera