Cassia (genus)
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Cassia is a genus of Fabaceae (subfamily Caesalpinioideae). Confusingly, cassia is also the name of Cinnamomum aromaticum in the Lauraceae. This article is about Cassia the genus.
ITIS [1]gives the following species for Cassia:
- Cassia absus L.
- Cassia afrofistula Brenan -- Kenyan shower
- Cassia auriculata L. -- avaram
- Cassia durangensis Rose
- Cassia fistula L. -- golden shower
- Cassia grandis L. f. -- pink shower
- Cassia javanica L. -- apple blossom
- Cassia leptocarpa Benth.
- Cassia roxburghii DC. -- Roxburgh's cassia
- Cassia sophera L.
- Cassia spectabilis DC.
- Cassia sturtii R. Br. -- Sturt's cassia
- Cassia surattensis Burm.f. -- Scrambled Egg Tree