Cassia javanica L.

A tree up to 15 m tall. The bark is brown and smooth. The branches are spreading giving an umbrella like crown. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are feathery and 15-30 cm long. They are made up of 8-14 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 3-5 cm long. They are oval and rounded at the tip. They have short stalks. They are smooth and soft to touch. The flowers are pink and in clusters of about 10 flowers. They are on long slender stalks. The pods are 20-60 cm long and contain 50-75 seeds. The seeds are black and corky and 1-1.5 cm across. They are greenish-brown.

Usually found at low elevations in more open sites in the forest, but can also occur in closed evergreen primary forest, deciduous monsoon forest and in more open or even savannah-like habitats.

Seeds chewed with betel pepper leaves.

Plants can be grown from seeds. The seeds need treatment to break the hard seed coat. Plants can also be grown by softwood cuttings.