Cassieae

Taxa Represented in DELEP Accessions

Taxon Common Name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range
Cassia abbreviata
  • long-tail cassia
  • sjambok pod
  • sjambokpeul
  • muremberembe (Shona)
  • isihaqa (Ndebele)
Cassia fistula
  • golden shower tree
Cassia grandis
  • pink shower
  • horse cassia
Cassia javanica
  • Java cassia
  • pink shower
Cassia longiracemosa
Cassia sieberiana
  • senjen (Wolof)
Chamaecrista absus
  • tropical sensitive-pea
Chamaecrista capensis var. capensis
Chamaecrista desvauxii var. glauca
Chamaecrista falcinella
Chamaecrista fasciculata
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. ferrisiae
  • prostrate partridge pea
Chamaecrista flexuosa var. flexuosa
  • Texas senstive-pea
Chamaecrista mimosoides
  • five-leaf cassia
  • tea senna
  • Japanese tea
Chamaecrista nictitans
  • sensitive partridge pea
Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis
  • sensitive partridge pea
Chamaecrista rotundifolia
  • round-leaf cassia
Chamaecrista serpens var. wrightii
  • Wright's sensitive pea
  • partridge pea
Chamaecrista stricta
Senna aciphylla
  • sprawling cassia
Senna alata
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
Senna aphylla
  • leafless senna
  • pichanilla (Spanish)
  • escoba (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
Senna armata
  • spiny senna
  • desert senna
Senna artemisioides subsp. circinata
  • spring-pod cassia