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Cassia roxburghii DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Cassia L.

Cassia roxburghii DC. [Preferred name]
    Cassia javanica sensu Bojer {Synonym}
    Cassia marginata Roxb. {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus marginatus G.Don {Synonym}
    Cathartocarpus roxburghii (DC.)Loudon {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Red Cassia [1915, 1936, 3618]; Red Indian Laburnum [3391, 3618]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3383]; India (N) [106, 1002, 1945, 3017, 3028, 3032, 3096, 3114, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3377, 3391, 3618, 3624, 3911]; Andhra Pradesh [3391]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3096]; Kerala [1945]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3114]; Orissa [3391]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3032]; Uttar Pradesh [3624]; West Bengal [3618]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [3911]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [2023, 3911]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [151, 1056]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [151]; Florida [151]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [1940, 2264]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2, 151, 1936, 2021, 2023, 3391, 3618, 3898, 3911] ; Distribution Map [3391] ; Illustration [2021, 3391, 3618]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3911] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [3911] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3911] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3391]; Environmental [106, 1936, 2023, 2264, 3911]; Miscellaneous [1945, 3391]; Wood [3391]

  
NOTES:
  Native of India & Sri Lanka. [3898]
  Has been cultivated in the past. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2.

  Dale, I.R., 1953
    A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

151.

  Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.35:1-918[in 2 parts]American Cassiinae

1002.

  von Degen, A. & Bornmuller, J.F., 1919
    Magyar Bot.Lapok Vol.18

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1936.

  De Wit, H., 1955
    Webbia 11: 197-292. A revision of the genus Cassia...

1940.

  Smith, A.C., 1985
    Flora Vitiensis Nova, Vol.3.

1945.

  Gamble, J.S., 1918
    Flora of the Presidency of Madras,Vol.1.(Parts 2-3) 1918-19

2021.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan, No.54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3032.

  Chandrabose, M. & Nair, N.C., 1987
    Flora of Coimbatore

3096.

  Keshavamurthy, K.R. & Yoganarsi, 1990
    Flora of Coorg....Medicinal plants and chem. constituents

3114.

  Patel, R.I., 1960
    Forest Flora of Melghat

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3371.

  Varma, S.K., 1981
    Flora of Bhagalpur. Dicotyledons

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
    Tree Legumes of Bangladesh

3391.

  Singh, V., 2001
    Monograph on Indian Subtribe Cassiinae (Caesalpiniaceae)

3618.

  Benthall, A.P., 1946
    The trees of Calcutta. Calcutta.

3624.

  Mishra, B.K. & Verma, B.K., 1992
    Flora of Allahabad distr., Uttar Pradesh, India. Dehra Dun.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3911.

  DeWit, H.C.D., 1955
    Webbia 11:197-292.Revision of Gen. Cassia as occ.in Malaysia

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