Cassia angolensis Hiern

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Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka NE 25km, Kasonde Farm or Hummels Farm.

Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasonde Farm/Hummels Farm ; Lusaka NE 25km.

Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Chisamba

Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm.

Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm.

Cassia angolensis

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm.

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Status: Native
Description:
A small tree, but reaching 20 m elsewhere, semi-evergreen. Bark smooth. Leaves paripinnate. Flowers in axillary and terminal racemes, appearing with the new foliage. Pods black or dark brown, up to 70 cm long, rigid, snapping into cylindrical sections when pressure is applied, falling when mature. The seeds in individual compartments, surrounded by dry pulp, rattling when the mature pod is shaken.
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Flowering time:Aug - Sep
Worldwide distribution: Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
Malawi distribution: S
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Literature:

Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 164 - 165.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 250. As Cassia angolense (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 91.

Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73.

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Flora of Mozambique: Cassia angolensis
Flora of Zambia: Cassia angolensis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cassia angolensis
African Plant Database: Cassia angolensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cassia angolensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cassia angolensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cassia angolensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cassia angolensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cassia angolensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Cassia angolensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cassia angolensis
Plants of the World Online: Cassia angolensis
Tropicos: Cassia angolensis
Wikipedia: Cassia angolensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Cassia angolensis.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180010, retrieved 29 March 2024

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