Taxon:
Cassia javanica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:379. 1753
Verified:
08/20/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:46.
- Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
- Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
- Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
- Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):185. URL: http://proseanet.org
- Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India
- Singh, V. 1978. Critical taxonomic notes on some species of Cassia Linn. found in India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 75:437.
- Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
- Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
- Zhu, X. Y. et al. 2007. Legumes of China: a checklist
Common names
English
appleblossom shower – pink cassia – rainbow shower – Javanese
trengguli – Sudanese
bobondelan –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | | Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India (n.e.)
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand (s.), Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated
Africa
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):185. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):185. URL: http://proseanet.org |