Cassia javanica var. pubifolia Merr.

  • Filed As

    Caesalpiniaceae
    Cassia javanica var. pubifolia Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12698, Feb 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Brooks Point (Addison Peak), along the Lara river flat, Island of Palawan.

  • Habitat

    in open woods along the Lara river flat. moist fertile soil.

  • Description

    Medium or large sized tree; stem 2 feet thick, 45 feet high, crooked, the larger trees straight, branched from the middle; wood bitter, odorless, the outer one third whitish, the central yellowish brown, hard and brittle; bark gray, thinly checked, reddish brown for the middle portion, yellow on the inside; leaves horizontally spreading, thinly coriaceous, smooth, nearly flat, only slightly paler green beneath, never glaucous green; inflourescence along the branchlets, suberect, faintly fragrant; the stalk, divaricate pedicels and subtending bracts green but soon becoming reddish tinged; buds pendant; calyx reddish brown; petals divaricate or subpendant, reflexed when in full anthesis; stamens light yellow as are also the upper anthers, the anthers on the lower or longer filaments pale chocolate brown; ovary green, stigma claret red; the soft petals pink in the bud state and when old having turned to pure white; branchlets slender dull brown, breaking with a snap; old pods 1 1/2 foot long, terete, 3/4 inch in diameter, nearly black, divided into numerous thin transverse partitions.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4793632

    Occurrence ID: 1a3debd8-cc57-4d21-acad-5e4c0c835ab4

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Brooks Point (Addison Peak), along the Lara river flat, Island of Palawan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 9 m. (30 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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river flat at 30 feet altitude; etem 3 fSet thick, 45
feet high, crooked, the larger tree# etr&ight, branched
from the middles wood bitter, odorless, the outer one
third whitish, the central yellowish brown, hard and brit*
ties b&rk gray,* thinly cheeked* reddish brown for the mid*
die portion, yellow m the laft&Aey leaves horizontally
spreading* thinly ^riaeeous, ®meoth| nearly flat, only
slightly paler green beneath* newer glaucous green; in*
florescence along the branchiate, suberect, faintly fra*
grant; the stalk, divaricate ffcemioels and subtending bracts
green but soon becoming reddish tinged; buds pendant;
e&yx reddish brown; petals divaricate or subpendant, re-
flered when in full authesis; stamens light yellow as
are also the upper anther®, the anthers on the lower
or longer filaments pedo chocolate brown; ovary green,
stigma claret red; the soft petal® pink in the but
state and whoa old having turned to fare white; branch-
lets slender dull brown, breaking with a snap; old
pods 1 l/h foot long, terete, 3/4 inch in diameter,
nearly hlaek, divided into numero tie thin transverse
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