Cassia javanica L.

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Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near main entrance gate, Ewanrigg

Synonyms:
Common names:	Apple blossom cassia (English) Java cassia (English) Pink shower (English)
Description:	Small to medium-sized tree, to 25 m. Leaves without glands on petiole and rhachis; petiole 1.5-4 cm long; leaflets with 5-15(-20) pairs of leaflets; elliptical-ovate to oblong, 2.5-5 cm long; base broadly rounded; apex usually rounded, sometimes acute. Stipules c. 12-25 mm long, leaflike. Inflorescence a raceme or panicle, terminal on leafy shoots or lateral on short side branches, up to 16 cm long, many-flowered. Bracts of inflorescence persisting while the flowers are open. Sepals 4-10 mm long, green to dark red. Petals 15-35 mm long, whitish to reddish or buff. Fruit pendent, terete, 20-60 cm long, 1-1.5(-2.5) cm in diameter, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, embedded in a flat disk.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	javanica: of Java
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native to tropical Asia
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 7 January 2017
Literature:	Orwa, C. et al. (2009). Cassia javanica Agroforestry Database: a tree reference and selection guide, version 4.0. Published on the internet: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Cassia_javanica.pdf

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cassia javanica
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