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Cassia grandis L.f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Cassia L.

Cassia grandis L.f. [Preferred name]
    Bactyrilobium grande Hornem. {Synonym}
    Bactyrilobium molle Schrad. {Synonym}
    Cassia brasiliana Lam. {Synonym}
    Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq. {Synonym}
    Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz {Synonym}
    Cassia mollis Vahl {Synonym}
    Cassia pachycarpa de Wit {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus brasilianus Jacq. {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham. {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus grandis Pers. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Baton Casse [2157]; Brazilian Cassia [3391]; Canafistola Cimarrona [1409]; Canafistula [1470]; Canafistula Cimarrona [1430]; Canafistula De Castilla [151]; Canaflote [151]; Canandonga [1409]; Canandonga De Masa [1409]; Capote [151]; Caragua [1645]; Caramano [151]; Carao [1645]; Casse [2157]; Casse Espagnole [2157]; Cassie Grandis [1941]; Chacara [2157]; Coral Shower [3391, 3618]; Geneuna [151]; Guayaba Cimarrona [2157]; Horse Cassia [2, 151, 1941, 2023, 2264, 3391, 3618]; Liquorice Tree [151]; Marimari Grande [151]; Marimari Preto [151]; Pink Coral Shower [261]; Pink Shower [2, 2023, 2264, 3391, 3618]; Sandal [151]; Stinking Toe [151]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ivory Coast (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (I) [1947]; India (I) [1914, 3019, 3027, 3366, 3391, 3618]; Andhra Pradesh [3391]; Karnataka [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3019]; Pondicherry [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3618]; Indonesia (I) [3911]; Jawa (I) [1935, 3911]; Laos (I) [1935]; Peninsular Malaysia (I) [1935]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (I) [2002]; Vietnam (I) [1935]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Cuba (U) [151, 1409]; Dominican Republic (U) [151, 2157]; Haiti (U) [151, 2157]; Jamaica (U) [151]; Montserrat (U) [1790]; Puerto Rico (U) [151, 1430]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1658, 2416]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (U) [151, 1409, 1460, 1470, 1606]; Mexico(South East) (U) [151, 1117, 1188, 1409, 1470, 1606, 1637, 1645, 1658]; Nicaragua (N) [151, 1067, 1613]; Panama (N) [1224, 1606, 1613, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [1361, 1542, 3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Cook Is (I) [2265]; Fiji (I) [1938, 2264]; Samoa-JML (I) [2265]
  South America
Brazil (N) [151, 1414]; Colombia (N) [151, 1292, 1442]; Ecuador (U) [2233]; French Guiana (N) [2285]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Peru (N) [151, 1442]; Surinam (N) [151, 1408, 1470]; Venezuela (N) [151, 1190]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [151, 261, 1430, 1470, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2023, 2157, 3001, 3011, 3391, 3618, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [261, 1935, 2002, 3391, 3618, 3911]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Tree [261] [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1941] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & For

  
USES:
  Environmental [2, 2002, 2023, 2264, 3391, 3911]; Medicine [2023, 3001, 3391, 3618]; Miscellaneous [1947, 2023, 3027, 3618]; Wood [3391, 3911]

  
NOTES:
  Introduced in Malaysia. [3911]

  
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