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Chamaecrista mimosoides
Also called Fish Bone Cassia, Japanese Tea, Five Leaf Cassia, Fishbone Cassia
Chamaecrista mimosoides, known as fish-bone cassia, is a small subshrub, annual or perennial legume of seasonally dry tropical regions that grows well on sandy soils. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden ornamental, so care advice is general.
Chamaecrista mimosoides is a species of flowering plant in the plant family Fabaceae.
This species is native to Tropical and Southern Africa, extending through Tropical Asia to Northern Australia
In India, the root of Chamaecrista mimosoides is traditionally used to treat diarrhea and stomach spasms. The powdered leaves are applied for dressing wounds and sores, as well as for managing mouth ulcers, stomach spasms, and headaches.
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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.
