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Cassia grandis

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Name

Identification
Cassia grandis L. f. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cassia grandis
Common name
  • horse cassia., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

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Entry for Cassia grandis Linn.f. [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 grandis Linn.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English horse cassia.
Uses
(fruit pulp) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (fruit pulp) Medicines: fabrifuges Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: shade-trees
Products
english: Cassia, Horseenglish: Horse cassa
Description
A small tree to about 5 m high of the rain-forest in riverine and roadside situations of C and S America and the Caribbean, and dispersed by man to West Africa and other tropical countries.The tree bears yellow flowers which turn peach or salmon pink on m
References
References:1. Uphof, 1968: 111. 2. Usher, 1974: 129. 3. Williams, RO, 1949: 176–7.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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