Cassia tora L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia tora L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Annual, glabrous, 4-6 dm. high. Stipules linear-subulate, deciduous; leaves petioled, the gland borne between or above the lowest pair of leaflets; leaflets 24 pairs, thin, obovate, obtuse and mueronate at the apex, 2-4 cm. long; flowers 1-2.5 cm. broad, few, in short axillary racemes; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; stamens 10, the anthers of the upper 3 imperfect; pod linear, very slender, subterete, strongly curved, 1-1.5 dm. long, about 3 mm. wide.

  • Distribution

    Waste grounds, New Providence. Eleuthera : Central and southern United States ; throughout tropical and subtropical America ; Old World tropics. Low Senna.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America|