- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Cassia L.
Cassia sieberiana DC.

[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or small tree 2–12 m. high (said in F.C.B. to reach 20 m.).
- Morphology General Bark
- Bark grey to brown or almost black.
- Morphology Branches
- Young branchlets rather densely pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves with petiole and rhachis eglandular, the latter (10–)13–29 cm. long. Leaflets in usually 4–12 pairs (to 14, fide I.T.U.), petiolulate, elliptic to ovate-elliptic or sometimes obovate-elliptic, (2.5–)3.5–9.5 cm. long, 2–5 cm. wide, densely appressed-puberulous beneath, ± crisped-puberulous above.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes 15–42 cm. long, pendulous, mostly simple, single and lateral.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts persist-ing till the flowers are open.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, (1–)2–3.5 cm. long, (0.7–)1–2.5 cm. wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10; filaments of 3 lower each with an S-bend near base, without a swelling above.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods cylindrical, 30–90 cm. long, 1–1.7 cm. in diameter, glabrous, blackish-brown, cylindrical, transversely but not longitudinally partitioned within.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds not embedded in pulp, brown, ellipsoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 8–9 × 4.5–7 × 2.5–4 mm., with slight reticulate cracking.
- Habitat
- Wooded grasslands; ± 1070 m.
- Distribution
- U1 Senegal and Gambia eastwards to Nigeria, the Congo Republic, Sudan Republic and Uganda
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Sudanian woodland
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
- Vernacular
- African Laburnum
[FWTA]
Caesalpiniaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- A tree, to 50 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Pendulous laburnum-like yellow flower-racemes, and black fruits; flowering in dry season, often when leafless
- Ecology
- Common in savannah.
Native to:
Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre
Cassia sieberiana DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Sep 18, 2002 | Sinsin B. et al. [2343], Benin | K000117630 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1986 | Mambo, P. [13], Cameroon | K000092586 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1967 | Kotschy [406], Ethiopia | K000232479 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1963 | Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4386], Burkina Faso | K000386610 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1963 | Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4386], Burkina Faso | K000386609 | No | ||
Kotschy [406], Ethiopia | K000232478 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Vogel, E. [72], Nigeria | K000417527 | Yes | |||
Chevalier, A [24518], Mali | K000417529 | Yes | |||
Davey, J.T. [516], Mali | K000386606 | No | |||
Laferrere, M. [46], Mali | K000386614 | No | |||
Madsen, J.E. [5895], Burkina Faso | K000386618 | No | |||
Laferrere, M. [46], Mali | K000386613 | No | |||
Waterlot, E.G. [1067], Mali | K000386608 | No | |||
Sieber [s.n.], Senegal | K000417528 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Sihvonen, J. [11], Burkina Faso | K000386611 | No | |||
Roberty, G. [17022], Mali | K000386607 | No | |||
Laferrere, M. [46], Mali | K000386612 | No |
First published in Prodr. 2: 489 (1825)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau) Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 217, t. 45, 1–3
- Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 516
- Chev. Bot. 224 (incl. var. saheliensis)
- Steyaert in Fl. Congo Belge 3: 500.
- —F.T.A. 2: 270
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 632 (1930).
- DC., Prodr. 2: 489 (1825).
- Steyaert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 500 (1952).
- W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 60, fig. 13 (1952).
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Brenan, J. P. M. (1967). Caesalp. In: Flora Trop. East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
- Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
- Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1952). Flore du Congo Belge, Vol. 3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae
- White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa
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