Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sciacassia siamea (Lam.) Britton
Cassia siamea Lara. Encyc. 1: 648. 1785. Cassia florida Vahl, Symb. 3: 57. 1794. Cassia gigantea Bert.; DC. Prodr. 2: 492. 1825. Cassia arborea Macfad. Fl. Jam. 1: 343. 1837.
A tree, 8-12 m. high, the young twigs and the inflorescence puberulent. Stipules very small, caducous; petioles short; leaflets 6-14 pairs, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, mucronate, 3-7 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, chartaceous, glabrous above, glabrous or minutely puberulent beneath, finely reticulate-veined; racemes corymbose-paniculate, several-manyflowered; bractlets 5-6 mm. long; pedicels about 3 cm. long, or shorter; sepals suborbicular, puberulent, 6-7 mm. long; petals clawed, bright yellow, 12-16 mm. long; legume linear, thickcoriaceous, 2-2.5 dm. long, 1-1 .5 cm. wide, puberulent or glabrate, tipped, its margins thickened.
Type locality: Siam.
Distribution: Widely planted for shade in the West Indies and tropical continental America, locally naturalized. Native of the East Indies.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
