Cassia (genus)
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Cassia is a genus of Fabaceae (subfamily Caesalpinioideae). Confusingly, cassia, or quassia, is also the English name of Cinnamomum aromaticum in the Lauraceae. This article is about the genus Cassia.
There are 652 Cassia species, some of these include:
- Cassia absus L.
- Cassia afrofistula Brenan - Kenyan Shower Cassia
- Cassia auriculata L. - Avaram
- Cassia bakeriana Craib - Pink Cassia; Pink Shower Cassia; Wishing-tree
- Cassia durangensis Rose - Durango Cassia
- Cassia fistula L. - Golden Shower Cassia
- Cassia grandis L. f. - Pink Shower Cassia
- Cassia javanica L. - Apple-blossom Cassia
- Cassia leptocarpa Benth.
- Cassia roxburghii DC. - Roxburgh's Cassia
- Cassia sophera L.
- Cassia spectabilis DC.
- Cassia sturtii R. Br. - Sturt's Cassia
- Cassia surattensis Burm.f.
