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Taxon:
Cassia fistula
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9334
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:377. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
03/14/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Brummitt, R. K.
1994. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 41. Taxon 43:273.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
conservation proposal not recommended
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cassia+fistula&quantity=1
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
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. 35:14.
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Luckow, M.
1996. The cultivated species of
Cassia
,
Senna
, and
Chamaecrista
(Leguminosae). Baileya 23:204.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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):183.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reveal, J. L.
1992. (1042) Proposal to conserve the name and type of
Cassia fistula
Linnaeus. Taxon 41:136.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
English
golden shower –
Reference(s)
Indian-laburnum –
Reference(s)
purging cassia –
Reference(s)
French
bâton casse –
Reference(s)
canéficer –
Reference(s)
casse fistuleuse –
Reference(s)
German
Röhrenkassie –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
cana-fístula –
Reference(s)
cássia-fístula –
Reference(s)
cássia-imperial –
Reference(s)
chuva-de-ouro –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cañafístula –
Reference(s)
Swedish
rörkassia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in tropics
6
Other
possible origin tropical Asia
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(possible origin tropical Asia)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicines
folklore
fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):183. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Name
References