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Cassia fikifiki is an uncommon small deciduous rainforest tree from West Africa, known for pendulous sprays of bright yellow flowers. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited, and it is threatened in the wild.
Cassia fikifiki is an uncommon small rainforest species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. It is a deciduous tree with a showy pendulous inflorescences of bright yellow flowers, and is easily confused in foliage with the common savanna tree Cassia sieberiana.
It is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting as an aphrodisiac. The bark has been investigated for antifilarial properties.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassia fikifiki 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.
