Cassia afrofistula Brenan
var. patentipila Brenan

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Road to Chiniziuwa River, Cheringoma

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12

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Common names:	African-pipe Cassia (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Leaves paripinnate without any glands on the rhachis or petiole; leaflets in 4-9 pairs, hairless, ovate-elliptic, tapering. Flowers in showy, erect pyramidal panicles, bright yellow. Fruit a brittle, blackish-brown pod, up to 60 cm long, tapering at both ends.
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Habitat:	Normally occurring in bush on coastal sand dunes but also known from sandy islands in the Save and Zambezi(?) rivers.
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Flowering time:	Any time of the year
Worldwide distribution:	From East Africa southwards to Limpopo and Mpumalanga
National distribution:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 9 November 2017
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 169 - 171. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 251. As Cassia afrofistula (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. 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.

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