Cassia tomentella (Benth.) Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cassia

Characteristics

Tree to 10 m tall, semi-deciduous; young shoots, undersides of leaflets and pods finely tomentose, otherwise glabrescent. Leaves c. 10 cm long; leaflets in 4-5 pairs, obovate, 4-6 cm long, c. 2 cm wide, brown or bright green above, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex. Pod ±cylindric, weakly transversely ribbed between the seeds, 15-30 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam., densely minutely pubescent even at maturity.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

Found in dry scrub.
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cassia tomentella world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Cassia tomentella threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:485335-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187879
COL ID RM7P
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Synonyms

Cassia tomentella Cassia brewsteri var. tomentella