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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Cassia	Species: Cassia renigera Benth.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia javanica subsp.renigera Benth.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Burmese pink cassia, Burmese senna, common pink cassia, deciduous cassia, pink shower, velvet cassia	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Burmese pink cassia	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Pink-Cassia	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Above 1500m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pod 20-60 cm long, 2.5 cm broad.
Habitat	Burmese Pink Cassia is an ornamental garden tree and hence cultivated in gardens and roadsides	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native of dry zone of Upper Burma, now introduced into India and Malaysia;	Bark Details	Fairly smooth, pinkish grey bark.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	A deciduous tree, 6-8 m tall; twigs and leaves persistently softly hairy. Stipules leafy, kidney shaped. Leaf leaflets 10-21 pairs, oblong-elliptic. Inflorescence solitary or paired lateral racemes. Petals hairy outside, pink. Stamens 10, 3 large, having filaments swollen in the middle, 4 medium sized and 3 quite small. Fruit a pod.	Leaf Details	Leaves persistently softly hairy. Stipules leafy, kidney shaped. leaflets 10-21 pairs, oblong-elliptic

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