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Cassia javanica L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Cassia L.

Cassia javanica L. [Preferred name]
    Cassia bacillus Gaertn. {Synonym}
    Cassia megalantha Decne. {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus javanicus Pers. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cassie a Fleurs Roses [3052]; Pink And White Shower [2264, 2968]; Pink Cassia [2, 3391]; Pink Shower [261]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Chad (I) [64]; Liberia (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [107]; Togo (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 3383]; Bhutan (I) [1947]; Burma (N) [3011]; Cambodia (U) [1935, 2159]; China (N) [2159, 3011]; East Timor (U) [3911]; India (I) [1914, 1947, 2002, 3017, 3028, 3032, 3092, 3096, 3366, 3372, 3375, 3377, 3387, 3587, 3609, 3616, 3625, 3911]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Assam [1914]; Bihar [3587, 3609]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Karnataka [3096]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3625]; Manipur [1914]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3032]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3616]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1936, 2002, 3911]; Bali [3911]; Jawa (N) [3911]; Kalimantan (N) [3911]; Laos (I) [1935, 2159]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3911]; Malaysia (N) [2002, 3911]; Moluccas (N) [3911]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2002, 2159]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Peninsular Malaysia (I) [1936, 3911]; Philippines (N) [1936, 2002, 3911]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [1936, 3911]; Sarawak (N) [3911]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Sulawesi (N) [3911]; Sumatera (N) [3911]; Taiwan (I) [2902]; Thailand (I) [2002, 2159]; Vietnam (I) [1935, 2159]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Haiti (I) [2157]
  Central America
Belize (I) [151]; El Salvador (I) [2156]; Guatemala (I) [151]; Honduras (I) [151]; Mexico(South East) (I) [1117]; Chiapas [1117]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914, 3389]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [3060]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [151, 1542, 3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Cook Is (I) [2265]; Fiji (I) [1940, 2264]; Hawaii (I) [151]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Samoa-JML (I) [2265]; Society Is (I) [2968]; Solomon Is (U) [3911]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414]; Guyana (I) [151]; Venezuela (I) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [107];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [107, 151, 261, 1935, 1936, 1948, 2002, 2021, 2111, 2157, 2825, 3001, 3011, 3391, 3898, 3911] ; Illustration [1935, 2002, 3391, 3911]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [3581], Tree [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan)

  
USES:
  Environmental [2, 2002, 2264, 2968, 3391, 3911]; Medicine [2002, 3911]; Wood [3911]

  
NOTES:
  Commonly cultivated in the Mascarenes. [2825]
  Widely cultivated in India and Africa. [261]

  
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