Cassia afrofistula Brenan
var. patentipila Brenan

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Road to Chiniziuwa River, Cheringoma

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Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12

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Synonyms:
Common names:	African-pipe Cassia (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Leaves paripinnate without any glands on the rhachis or petiole; leaflets in 4-9 pairs, hairless, ovate-elliptic, tapering. Flowers in showy, erect pyramidal panicles, bright yellow. Fruit a brittle, blackish-brown pod, up to 60 cm long, tapering at both ends.
Notes:	Only one plant is known from the Mahenye area in the Save Lowveld. This habitat is threatened by cultivation. It may also occur in the Chewore Safari Area on the Zambezi (Trees of Southern Africa, Coates Palgrave, p 340, 2002).
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	Normally occurring in bush on coastal sand dunes but also known from sandy islands in the Save and Zambezi(?) rivers.
Altitude range: (metres)	240 m (approx)
Flowering time:	Any time of the year
Worldwide distribution:	From East Africa southwards to Limpopo and Mpumalanga
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Critically Endangered
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Images last updated:	Saturday 31 January 2009
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 169 - 171. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 251. As Cassia afrofistula (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 43.

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