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Identification
Cassia agnes (de Wit) Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brenan, J.P.M., Isotype of Cassia javanica L. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Cassia agnes
  • Cassia javanica
Common name
  • èfò (IFE) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • Javanese cassia (var. javanica); pink cassia (var. indochinensis Gagnepain - syn. C. nodosa Buch.-Ham.); pink shower (var. indochinensis Gagnepain - syn. C. nodosa Buch.-Ham.)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Information

Entry for Cassia javanica Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Cassia agnes (De Wit.) Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Cassia javanica Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English Javanese cassia (var. javanica); pink cassia (var. indochinensis Gagnepain - syn. C. nodosa Buch.-Ham.); pink shower (var. indochinensis Gagnepain - syn. C. nodosa Buch.-Ham.). NIGERIA: YORUBA èfò (IFE)
Uses
(leaf) Food: general (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (leaf, fruit) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (bark) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (leaf) Medicines: fabrifuges (bark) Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids (bark) Phytochemistry: tannins, astringents (root) Phytochemistry: soap and substitutes (leaf, stem) Phytochemistry: alkaloids (tree, flowers) Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: shade-trees (trunk) Products: building materials Products: carpentry and related applications (flower, seed) Products: household, domestic and personal items
Products
english: Cassia, Javaneseenglish: Pink cassiaenglish: Cassia, Pinkenglish: Pink showerenglish: Javanese cassia
Description
A tree of the evergreen rain-forest to 25 m high or more, native of SE Asia from the Bay of Bengal and S China to the Philippines and introduced into cultivation in many tropical and sub-tropical countries including W Africa.Until recently this species ha
References
References:1. Anon., s.n., K, under C. agnes (De Wit) Brenan. 2. Burkill, IH, 1935: 476–7 as C. javanica Linn, and 477–8 as C. nodosa Buch.-Ham. 3. Corner, 1952: 389. 4. Greenway, 1941: sp. no. 67. 5. Irvine, 1961: 284 as C.javanica Linn, and 285 C. nodos
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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