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Cassia leptophylla
Also called Golden Medallion
Gold medallion tree (Cassia leptophylla) is a small tropical tree from Brazil, grown mainly for its yellow flowers and rattling seedpods. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it tolerates dry spells once established.
Cassia leptophylla is a tropical tree species in the genus Cassia, which is indigenous to Brazil. It is named gold medallion tree and has yellow flowers that bloom intermittently throughout the year, spawning seedpods that are rectangular in cross section and rattle festively. It is recognized by its thin green foliage with glossy green pinnate leaflets. The fruit is a long thin seedpod with four sides.
This tree does not have many uses, except as a decorative tree or as a laxative, something common to the genus Cassia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassia leptophylla 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.
