Cassia bicapsularis L.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia bicapsularis L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrate to puberulent spreading or vine-like shrub 1-3 m. Leafstalk 2-6 cm, with a spheroid to pointed gland between lowermost leaflet pair; leaflets (2-)3 pairs, obovate-cuneate, rounded apically, largest distally, the medial 1.4-3 cm, 1.4-2.5 r, pale and glabrate or infrequently puberulent, obscurely punctate beneath. Stipules subulate, falcate, caducous. Flowers 3-9 in small axillary and terminally congested racemes. Pedicels 4-9 mm; sepals unequal, the larger 7-9 mm; corolla golden-yellow, 2.5-3.5 cm; functional stamens 7, unequal, 2 longer than others. Legume indehiscent, substipitate, oblong, heavily cylindric, 7-10(-14) cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam, smooth, becoming cross-ridged and subligneous at maturity, ultimately breaking irregularly. Seeds many.

  • Discussion

    Adipera bicapsularis (L.) Britt. 8c Rose (1930) CN 2n = 28 (Amato Avanzi, 1956; material may have been C. coluteoides). The relatively common C. bicapsularis Hort. is largely the more floriferous C. coluteoides, the true C. bicapsularis being apparently infrequent in the United States. Material seen suggests it is commonly cultivated in the West Indies.

  • Distribution

    Florida and California. Novelty. Oct.-Dec. South America.

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