Cassia abbreviata[Agg]
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd between Hot Springs and Nyanyadzi, Odzi-Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd between Hot Springs and Nyanyadzi, Odzi-Save Valley
Photo: Petra Ballings
Rd between Hot Springs and Nyanyadzi, Odzi-Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
A - fruiting branch
B - fruit, internal aspect
C - fruit, external aspect
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Kamaila; Nov 2000.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Flowers; Lusaka, Musikili Road; Sep 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mbizi Game Park
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| Synonyms: |
Cassia abbreviata Oliv. var. granitica (Baker f.) Baker f. Cassia granitica Baker f. |
| Common names: | Long-tail cassia (English) Sjambok pod (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small rounded tree. Bark greyish-brown, longitudinally furrowed. Leaves paripinnate without any glands on the rhachis or petiole; leaflets in 7-12 pairs, hairy on the under surface, particularly when young (see note below), ovate-elliptic with a rounded apex. Flowers in large, lax, terminal sprays, yellow, appearing before the leaves. Fruit a long cylindric brown pod, up to 90 cm, which remains on the tree for many months. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abbreviata: shortened |
| Habitat: | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | From East Africa southwards to Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Rhodogastria amasis (Food plant) Gynanisa maja (Larval foodplant) Grammodora nigrolineata (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 93 - 96. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 76 - 77. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 43. As Cassia abrbreviata var abbreviata and var. beareana Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 296. as Cassia abbreviata (Includes a picture). Parker, T. (2023). Common Trees of Mozambique The Tree Press, Austin, Texas, USA Pages 172 - 173. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 21. Cassia granitica (Includes a picture). |
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