*Cassia afrofistula Brenan. Common name: Kenyan Shower. Phenology: May-Jun (Aug). Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental and persistent. Distribution: Native of e. Africa and Madagascar.
Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, SE3, Isely (1975); < Cassia fistula L. — Irwin & Barneby (1982). Basionym: Cassia afrofistula Brenan 1958
Links to other floras: = Cassia afrofistula - FNA11.1
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