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Cassia javanica

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Cassia

pink shower tree, pink-and-white shower

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees, deciduous, usually more than 10 m tall, sometimes to 30 m.

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Leaves: Leaves compound. Spirally arranged. Leaves 15-40 cm; leaflets 5-12 pairs, 2-8 × 1.2-3.3 cm. Leaflet apices acute, obtuse, or shortly acuminate. Leaflet bases slightly asymmetric. Surfaces pilose or abaxially pilose, adaxially sparsely puberulent. Petiolate. Stipules present.

Flowers: Inflorescences lateral on short side branches or terminal on young leafy shoots. Flowers perfect. Sepals 5, ovate or broadly lan­ceolate. Petals 5, deep yellow or pink, 2.5-4.5 × 1-2 cm. Stamens 10, among them 3 abaxial antesepalous with filaments longer than other 7. Ovary superior, pubescent.

Fruit: Legume terete (cylindrical); 30-50 × 0.2-1.5 cm; with annular nodes. Seeds numerous; 1- or 2-seriate; funicle filiform.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Potentially naturalizing

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 379 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cassia javanica L. Lawai Valley. Allerton Estate at Lawai Kai. Along path between fruit orchard and Thanksgiving room. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 7189 Kauai PTBG 1/25/2005
2 Cassia javanica L. honolulu, wilder avenue, near metcalf street PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 4/7/1940
3 Cassia javanica L. East Maui, Hana, Hana Hosptial. Wet lowland jungle/pasture bordering urban area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forest Starr Starr-090702-02 Maui PTBG 7/2/2009
4 Cassia javanica L. Honolulu, Wilder Avenue, near Metcalf Street PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/7/1940
5 Cassia javanica L. East Maui, Hana, Hana Hospital Naturalized. Wet lowland jungle / pasture bordering urgban area (Spathodea campanulata, Pilea microphylla). PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 090702-02 Maui BISH 7/2/2009
6 Cassia javanica L. east maui, hana, hana hospital PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. starr, k. collector number: 090702-02 Maui BISH 7/2/2009
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