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Cassia Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
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Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
About 30 species, found in tropical regions, with three
species native to southern Africa. In addition, 13 species are
cultivated in the region as garden and street-side trees.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Cassia australis
Native to Australia. |
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Cassia barclayana
Native to Australia. |
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Cassia brewsteri (Cigar cassia,
Leichardt bean) |
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Cassia eremophila
Native to Australia. |
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Cassia ferruginea
Native to South America. |
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Cassia fistula (Golden shower)
Indigenous from India through to SE Asia. |
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Cassia grandis (Horse cassia)
Indigenous from Mexico to Peru. |
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Cassia javanica (Pink shower)
Indigenous from India to New Guinea. |
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Cassia latipetiolata
Native to Peru. |
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Cassia leiandra
Native to Brazil. |
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Cassia nodosa
Native to Malaysia and Indonesia. |
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Cassia renigera (Burmese shower)
Indigenous from India to New Guinea. |
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Cassia roxburghii (Red cassia)
Native to India and Sri Lanka. |
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A number of species previously placed in the genus
Cassia are now in the genus Senna.
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