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3536.000 Cassia
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves paripinnate, without glands on petiole or rhachis. Flowers in many-flowered racemes; bracteoles 2 at base of pedicels. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow (in ours). Stamens 10, filaments of 3 lower stamens with an S-bend near the base, many times longer than their small anthers which are dorsifixed. Pod long (30-60 cm in ours), cylindric or elongate. Worldwide: c.30 species, pantropical |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| abbreviata Oliv.[Agg] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| abbreviata Oliv. subsp. abbreviata | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | |
| abbreviata Oliv. subsp. beareana (Holmes) Brenan | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| afrofistula Brenan var. patentipilosa Brenan[CR] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cassia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cassia pageFlora of Mozambique: Cassia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cassia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cassia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cassia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cassia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cassia
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