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Cassia occidentalis L. | |
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Leguminosae Common names: Fedegoso |
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| Description Erect herb, 0.15-2 m high; stems subglabrous. Leaves paripinnate; petioles with a large sessile gland; rhachis without glands; leaflets in 4-5 pairs, ovate to ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 5-12 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous with ciliolate margins and inconspicuous scattered glands beneath. Inflorescence racemes from upper axils, very short, almost umbellate; petals yellow. Pods linear, 8-12.5 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm wide, brown, subglabrous, many-seeded; seeds compressed, grey-brown, ovate-suborbicular. |
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Habitat By roadsides and waste ground and as a weed in cultivated areas. Altitude range 0-1740 m. Distribution Kenya; also Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, pantropical, possibly originating in tropical America. Use Not recorded. |
 Cassia occidentalis |
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