Senna petersiana, the monkey pod or eared senna, is an African deciduous shrub or small tree.

[1][2] The leaves are compound with about 12 opposite lanceolate leaflets, dark green above and lighter below.

Its copious bright yellow flowers are carried on erect multi-branched inflorescences.

It occurs naturally in Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini.

[1] It was introduced to several Indian Ocean islands and became naturalized in far northern Madagascar.