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Cassia roxburghii

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Identification
Cassia marginata Roxb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cassia roxburghii DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cassia planisiliqua
  • Cassia marginata
  • Cassia fastigiata
  • Cassia roxburghii
  • Cassia javanica
Common name
  • red cassia, Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

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Entry for Cassia roxburghii DC. [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 roxburghii DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English red cassia
Uses
(tree, flowers) Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (heart-wood) Products: carpentry and related applications (heart-wood) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus
Products
english: Cassia, Redenglish: Red cassia
Description
A shrub or small tree to 6 m high. Native of Ceylon, and dispersed to many tropical countries including W Africa - often under the synonym C. marginata Roxb.The tree has a light crown. When in flower it is covered by a mass of small red flowers (1, 2, 3).
References
References:1. Blatter & Millard, 1937, as C. marginata Roxb. 2. Blatter, Millard & Steam, 1954: 31–32. 3. Bor, 1953: 73, as C. marginata Roxb. 4. Deighton 3894, K.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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