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Cassia afrofistula

(Kenyan Shower)

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Common Names in English:

Kenyan Shower

Common Names in Malagasy:

Tsiambaravatsy

Description

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Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Genus Cassia

Trees , shrubs , herbs. Leaf paripinnate or rarely reduced to phyllode; stipules of various shapes , petiolar glands often present. Inflorescence axillary or terminal raceme , terminal panicle or flowers subsolitary axillary; bracts and bracteoles variable. Calyx 5, imbricate, tube short. Petals 5, imbricate, subequal or lowermost larger. Stamens 10, all perfect or subequal or the upper ones smaller or imperfect or only 5 stamens; anthers uniform or upper ones smaller, dehiscing by an apical pore or short slit. Ovary sessile or stipitate , ovules numerous , style with terminal stigma. Fruit variable, terete or compressed , membranous or woody, often 2 valved , sometimes indehiscent, rarely winged lengthwise. Seeds mostly compressed, endospermous.

About 600 species; mostly distributed in tropics and subtropics.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Cassia beareana sensu R.O.Williams

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cassia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. afrofistula (Kenyan Shower) · C. agnes (Pink Shower) · C. bakeriana (Dwarf Apple Blossom Tree) · C. bicapsularis (Yellow Candle Wood) · C. bicapsularis 'Worley's Butter Cream' (Cassia) · C. brewsteri (Cigar Cassia) · C. fastuosa (Cordao De San Francisco) · C. fistula (Amaltas) · C. fistula x javanica (Rainbow Cassia) · C. grandis (Capote) · C. javanica (Apple Blossom) · C. javanica javanica (Pink and White Shower) · C. javanica nodosa (Pink Cassia) · C. javanica subsp. nodosa (White Shower) · C. leptophylla (Gold Medallion Tree) · C. leucocephala (Cassie) · C. nealiae (Rainbow Shower) · C. nemophila (Desert Cassia) · C. phyllodinea (Silver Leaf Cassia) · C. queenslandica (Queensland Cassia) · C. renigera (Burmese Pink Cassia) · C. roxburghii (Ceylon Senna) · C. sieberiana (African Laburnum) · C. splendida 'Golden' (Golden Wonder Senna) · C. sturtii (Sturt's Cassia) · C. tora (Casse Puante Petite Espece) · C. x nealiae (Rainbow Shower Tree)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 23, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Cassia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012