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Cassia sieberiana
African laburnum (Cassia sieberiana) is a Fabaceae tree of seasonally dry West and East African woodland, growing 10 to 20 m tall with bright yellow flowers in the dry season. It needs full sun, well drained soil and a warm, dry-season climate to thrive.
Cassia sieberiana, the drumstick tree, is a tree in the family Fabaceae native to Africa. It ranges from 10 to 20 metres in height and has very bright yellow flowers. It is used for multiple medical purposes in Africa and is found in the secondary jungle of a forest.
Cassia sieberiana is found in multiple parts of Africa including the southern part of the Sahel,
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassia sieberiana 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.
