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Name

Identification
Cassia fistula L. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cassia fistula
Common name
  • Indian laburnum; golden shower; pudding pipetree., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • meduro (RdoF) (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Cassia fistula L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
Cassia fistula L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1753).
Information
Tree; leaves eglandular; leaflets 3–6(–8) pairs, acute or bluntly pointed, minutely puberulous beneath; racemes lax, pendulous, 1–3 together, 15–60 cm long; bracts caducous; petals yellow, c. 2–3 cm long; pods cylindrical, 20–50 x 1.5–2.5 cm, black, indehiscent, with hard woody walls.
Range
Cultivated as an ornamental at least in S2 and S3 native of tropical Asia.
Distribution
SOMALIA Puccioni & Stefanini 64; Thulin & Warfa 5685.
Notes
Golden shower, Indian laburnum (Eng.).

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