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Cassia moschata
Cassia moschata is a flowering tree in the pea family, native from southern Mexico to northern Brazil, valued as a street and shade tree in warm, humid climates. It is a tropical tree best grown where frost is absent, and it is rarely kept as a houseplant.
Cassia moschata, the bronze shower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found from southern Mexico to northern Brazil, and it has been introduced to Sri Lanka. It is used as a street tree in a number of cities in Panama.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassia moschata 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.
