Cassia occidentalis L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Annual, glabrous, much branched, 1.4-2 m. high. Stipules caducous; gland borne near the base of the petiole; leaflets 8-12, rounded at the base, 2-5 cm. long, 8-18 mm. wide; flowers 14-1S mm. broad, in short axillary racemes; stamens 10, the upper 3 imperfect; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; pod linear, glabrous, 1-1.5 dm. long, about 6 mm. wide, nearly flat, somewhat curved, its margins thickened.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated ground. North Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Watling's, Long, Fortune, and Acklin's Islands and Inagua : Bermuda ; southern United States ; throughout tropical America ; Old World tropics. Coffee Senna.
Bimini Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America|