Edible : Fruit pulp
A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m high. The leaves have 6-15 pairs of leaflets. These are 3-7 cm long by 1-2 m wide. They are oval with pointed tip. They have fine hairs underneath. The flowers are yellow. They are in large unbranched clusters at the ends of twigs. The fruit are pods 18-25 cn long by 1 cm wide. They are black and glossy.
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mixed forests up to 2,000 m above sea level. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan (As Cassia)
Common names : Yellow cassia, Pohon kasia amerika, Keshya wa maluwa,
Synonyms :
Cassia spectabilis DC.;
Pseudocassia spectabilis (DC.) Britton & Rose;