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Cassia aubrevillei

Cassia aubrevillei is a forest tree from tropical West and West-Central Africa, rarely grown as a plant outside its native range. It is not a practical houseplant or garden subject, and its wild populations are threatened by logging.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; not cold hardy
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. & WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cassia aubrevillei is a plant species in the family Fabaceae. A forest tree of tropical West Africa, it is threatened by deforestation and unsustainable logging for timber. The bark of the tree has been investigated for antifilarial properties.

Other Cassia plants

Cassia bakeriana · Leichardt-bean · Cassia ferruginea · Cassia fikifiki · Golden shower · Pink shower · Apple blossom · Cassia leiandra · Bronze Shower Tree · African Laburnum · Cassia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassia aubrevillei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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