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(Last Modified On 11/27/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/27/2012)
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Species
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CASSIA MULTIJUGA Rich.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Act. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris 1:108. 1792.
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Synonym
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Cassia calliantba G.F.W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 169. 1818, fide Benth. Cassia Richardiana Kunth, Mim. 139, t. 42. 1819, fide Benth. Cassia semifalcata Vell. Fl. Flum. Ic. 4:t. 68. 1827, fide Benth. Cassia Selloi G. Don, Gen. Hist. Dichl. P1. 2:442. 1832, fide Benth. Cassia ampliflora Steud. in Flora 26:760. 1843, fide Benth.
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Description
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Small tree, the branchlets puberulent or subglabrous. Leaves moderately large, multijugate; petiole relatively short, 1-2 cm. long, subsulcate above except base- ward where more or less terete and callous; rachis 10-25 cm. long, sulcate above and cross-partitioned at insertion of the petiolules, usually puberulent marginally, bearing in most cases a prominent, elongate, cylindric-subconic gland between the lowermost pair of leaflets; stipules linear-acuminate, caducous; leaflets (on at least most leaves) 12-40 pairs, linear-oblong or oblong, 1-4 cm. long and up to 1 cm. wide, rounded and mucronulate apically, obtuse or rounded and slightly inequi- lateral basally, dull but conspicuously lighter below, glabrous or puberulent; petiolule about 2 mm. long. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, paniculate of several racemes; bracts like the stipules, caducous; pedicels in age as long as 2.5 cm. Flowers yellow, showy; sepals ovate, up to 7 mm. long and 5 mm. wide, sub- glabrous; petals ovate to obovate or suborbicular, very unequal but the largest about 2 cm. long, clawed, glabrous or subglabrous; fertile stamens 7, of 2 sorts; 3 lowermost up to 13 mm. long, the anther linear-oblong, 7-10 mm. long, falcate, long-rostrate, dehiscent by paired terminal pores; 4 median anthers oblong, 5-6 mm. long, short-reflexed-rostrate, subsessile; 3 uppermost stamens rudimentary or lacking; ovary glabrous or nearly so. Legume broadly linear, up to 20 cm. long and about 1.5 cm. wide, flat, septate, shiny, short-stipitate, the seeds transverse.
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Habit
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tree
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Distribution
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Brazil, Peru, the Guianas; Colombia, Mexico and West Indies? fide Bentham, but not listed there in recent floras.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Balboa, Melt I2.
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Note
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This is apparently a new record for Panama. The specimen cited was likely from an introduced plant, having been collected in a populated area (Balboa). It had been determined incorrectly as C. moschata, and the label used had been de- signed originally for "Plants of Mexico." The species is rather widely planted as an ornamental.
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