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Cassia alata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 11/1998 © Jörn Germer

Cassia alata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 5/2009 © Ralf Biechele

Cassia alata - Compound leave - Click to enlarge!

Compound leave; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Cassia alata - Upper and lower surface of leaflet - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaflet; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Cassia alata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 5/2009 © Ralf Biechele

Cassia alata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 11/1998 © Jörn Germer

Cassia alata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 177
Date of entry: 28.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Candlebrush

German: Kaiserin-Kerzenstrauch

Portuguese: Fedegoso Gigante

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Cassia (4)

            Epithet: alata L. (6)

alata => winged, with wings

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: orange, yellow

External links

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