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Cassia grandis

Coral Shower

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Coral Shower, Pink Shower, Horse Shower

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mexico - Brazil

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: -
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Northern Group: -
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Cassia grandis L.fil.
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); CAESALPINIACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Ornamental flowers. Comments: MATERIAL: Timber, white, difficult to work, stringy. Good for rough carpentry?

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga fieldspecimen+photo, Tupapa opposite meeting house and on Ara Metua in High Commission property, ID by George Staples as Cassia grandis, while some authors incl. Art Whistler apply this name to another species of Cassia, GMcC 2004.

References:
p.424 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.215 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.551 Tropica
p.3/103 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM03b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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