Cassia ligustrina 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 ligustrina L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Deep-rooted, usually glabrate to puberulent, herbaceous or suffrutescent perennial with spreading to erect, unbranched stems .5-3 m. Leafstalk 10-13 cm, with a conspicuous, cylindric, pointed, 3-5 mm gland at base of petiole; leaflets 6-8 pairs, petioluled, lanceolate, acute, asymmetric at base, 2.5-6 cm, 3.4-5 r. Stipules not seen. Flowers in small axillary racemes and(or) terminal panicles. Sepals subequal, 8-10 mm; corolla yellow, 2.5-3 cm diam, slightly irregular; functional stamens 7, 3 considerably exceeding the others; ovary glabrous to strigose. Legume dehiscent, oblong-falcate, compressed, 10 -13 cm long, 5-7 mm wide, often beaked; valves papery, brown with narrow light margin, transverse-striate, the segments wider than long, separating along both sutures. Seeds many.

  • Discussion

    Ditremexa ligustrina (L.) Britt. 8c Rose (1924)

  • Distribution

    Peninsular Florida, coastal cos. n to Levy and Brevard cos. Hammocks with native hardwoods; wet, disturbed or ruderal areas; slightly in cult. All year. Antilles and Central America.

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