Cassia / Senna Spectabilis - Exotic Tree / Bonsai - 10 Seeds Melons although scarring from major branch

although scarring from major branch loss can lead to large canker-like wounds

The leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin

Peppers are very hot

many slender racemes of dull scarlet-red flowers in Winter

Cassia / Senna Spectabilis - Exotic Tree / Bonsai - 10 Seeds Melons although scarring from major branchSenna spectabilis is a small, rounded deciduous tree, 7 10 m (max. 15) tall, and 30 cm in trunk diameter, with a spreading crown. S. spectabilis is native to tropical America and has been introduced to Africa as an ornamental. It is planted in the subtropical moist and lower and upper cordillera zones in central Puerto Rico. The species is also planted throughout tropical America including southern Florida and the West Indies, south to Brazil, Bolivia