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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Cassia	Species: Cassia javanica Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia bacillus Gaertn., Cassia bacillus Roxb., Cassia megalantha Decne.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Apple Blossom Cassia,Nodding Cassia,Burmese Pink Cassia,Java Cassia,Pink Cassia,Pink Shower	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Apple Blossom Cassia	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Java-ki-Rani	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 400m and above	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit in long cylindrical dark brown pods.
Habitat	Tropical regions and usually found in more open sites in the forest, but can also occur in closed evergreen primary forest, also occurs in deciduous monsoon forest. It is often naturalized in secondary forest close to locations where it has been planted.	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Native to the tropical regions of Asia, India to Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia, southern China, and the Phillipines.	Bark Details	New woody stems brown and the mature bark is light gray with thick vertical sections of dark brown.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Semi deciduous tree up to 25 m in height. The crown, consisting of descending branch, with sparse foliage, Leaves paripinnate, made up of 12 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic or oblong and rounded at the apex and base. Flowers pale rose to crimson and arranged in racemes. Fruits pod .	Leaf Details	Leaves paripinnate, made up of 12 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic or oblong and rounded at the apex and base.

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