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Cassia javanica var. indochinensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Cassia javanica L. var. indochinensis Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 2: 158. 1913; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 40. 2001.
Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 336. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 261. 1878; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 16. 1992.
Cassia javanica L. var. agnes de Wit, webbia 11: 220. 1955.
Cassia javanica L. ssp. nodosa (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) K. & S. Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam. Soc. 25: 205. 1974.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pink Cassia, Pink Mohur, Pink Shower, White Shower
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Description:
Trees, up to 10 m high; bark grayish, smooth. Leaves alternate, rachis (including petiole) 10-17 cm long, terete, pubescent; leaflets opposite or subopposite, 3-10 pairs, 2.5-10.5 x 1.8-4 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, acutish or sub-acuminate, subcoriaceous, puberulous both sides, almost equal-sided at the base; stipules lateromedian, reniform, ca 1 cm long, pointed at both ends, pubescent beneath, caducous. Glands absent. Racemes 6-30 cm long, aggregated into terminal leafy corymbs or from old wood; bracts 7-8 mm long; bracteoles 1.5-2.5 mm long, similar and adjacent to bracts; ovate-lanceolate, acute-acuminate. Sepals 4-5 mm long, narrowly ovate, obtuse. Petals 1.8-3 cm, spathulate, pubescent outside, pink or carmine. Stamens 10, all fertile; three large filaments 2.2-2.5 cm long, with a distinct globular swelling in the middle, twice curved; 7 filaments half as long, almost straight; anthers opening by 2 basal pores and through longitudinal rim. Ovary and style hairy; stigma sublateral, punctiform. Pods 30-60 x 1.5-2 cm, terete, blackish, transversely septate; seeds broadly ovate, without areole.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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