Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
3536.000 Cassia
Brenan, J.P.M. (1967) Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora of Tropical East Africa
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. Comment: A useful key to the cultivated species of Cassia is to be found on pp. 48-50 of the Flora of Tropical East Africa, Caesalpinioideae (Brenan 1967). Worldwide: c.30 species, pantropical Zimbabwe: 11 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content |
| abbreviata Oliv. [Agg] | Description, Image |
| afrofistula Brenan var. afrofistula | |
| agnes (De Wit) Brenan | |
| eremophila A. Cunn. ex Vogel | |
| ferruginea (Schrad.) DC. | Description, Image |
| fistula L. | |
| grandis L.f. | |
| javanica L. | Description, Image |
| nodosa Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. | |
| roxburghii DC. | |
| sieberiana DC. | Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CassiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cassia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cassia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cassia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cassia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cassia
JSTOR Plant Science: Cassia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cassia
Plants of the World Online: Cassia
Tropicos: Cassia
Wikipedia: Cassia