{"id":345648,"date":"2025-09-03T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345648"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:28:48","slug":"senna-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/senna-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Senna Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Kerala has carried out India\u2019s first science-based, community-led eradication of Senna spectabilis in Wayanad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345649\" style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Senna-spectabilis.png?resize=462%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Senna spectabilis\" width=\"462\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Senna-spectabilis.png?w=752&amp;ssl=1 752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Senna-spectabilis.png?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Downtoearth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Senna spectabilis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">It is an <em>invasive tree species<\/em> that forms dense, sterile thickets. These thickets suppress native vegetation, alter soil chemistry, and reduce food availability for herbivores.<\/li>\n<li class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">The tree has a broad, spreading crown and can grow to a <em>height of 7\u201318 metres<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">It <em>closely resembles\u00a0Cassia fistula<\/em>\u00a0(locally known as\u00a0Kanikkonna), which is the <em>state flower of Kerala<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">The species is native to the tropical regions of the Americas.<\/li>\n<li class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">According to the <em>IUCN<\/em> Red List of Threatened Species, it is <em>classified as\u00a0Least Concern<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; Kerala has carried out India\u2019s first science-based, community-led eradication of Senna spectabilis in Wayanad. About Senna spectabilis It is an invasive tree species that forms dense, sterile thickets. These thickets suppress native vegetation, alter soil chemistry, and reduce food availability for herbivores. The tree has a broad, spreading crown and can grow to a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/senna-invasion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senna Invasion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-345648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}