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Cassia grandis L.f.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)

SC SE

M[L]

hel hyg->xer

dr (purgative, ointment made from the crushed leaves mixed with lard is used for treating mange) fd (pulp surrounding the seeds) fr fw ma pl (ornamental tree) sa ti (cabinet work, carpentry, construction)

Bactyrilobium grande Hornem. Bactyrilobium molle Schrad. Caesalpinia brasiliana Lam. Cassia brasiliana Lam. Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq. Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz Cassia mollis Vahl Cassia pachycarpa de Wit Cassia regia Standl. Cathartocarpus brasilianus (Lam.) Jacq. Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham. Cathartocarpus grandis (L. f.) Pers.

pinkshower cassia; beef-feed, bockoot (Belize); coral shower; coral-shower (Hawaii); horse cassia (Honduras, Jamaica); pinkshower; pinkshower castia (Puerto Rico); pinkshower senna; stinking-toe (Belize, Panama)

cassier à gros fruits; bâton casse, casse, casse espagnole (Haiti); cassia à gros fruits

caña fistula (Panama); cañafístoda, cañafístola (Colombia); cañafístola cimarrona (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cañafistolo burrero (Venezuela); cañafístula (Colombia, Guatemala, Panama); cañafístula burrero (Venezuela); cañafístula cimarrona (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cañafístula grande (Mexico); cañafístula gruesa (Colombia); cañafístula macho (Venezuela); cañafístulo, cañafístulo rosado (Colombia); cañaflote (Venezuela); cañandonga (Colombia, Cuba); cañandonga de masa (Cuba); carago (Costa Rica, El Salvador); caragua (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); carámano (Nicaragua); caramáno (Costa Rica); carambano (Nicaragua); carao (Central America); carol (Nicaragua); chácara, chacaray (Dominican Republic); cítricos (Colombia); gigantón (Puerto Rico); guayaba cimarrona; guayabos, mamoncillos, mango (Colombia); mare mare, mari-mare, mari-mari (Venezuela); quauhuayo (Mexico); sandal, sándalo, saragundin (Costa Rica)

bocot (Guatemala); bookut, bu-kèt, bu-kút, bu-kut; bucut (Guatemala); cañafistola (Brazil); cassia a grandi fruti (italian); cãssia-grande canafistula (Brazil); Grossfrüchtige Cassie (german); jeneuna, mari-mary preto, marimary rana, marimary saro (Brazil); mucut (Guatemala)

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Latin name	Cassia grandis L.f.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	SD
Ecology	hel hyg->xer
Use	dr (purgative, ointment made from the crushed leaves mixed with lard is used for treating mange) fd (pulp surrounding the seeds) fr fw ma pl (ornamental tree) sa ti (cabinet work, carpentry, construction)
Synonym	Bactyrilobium grande Hornem. Bactyrilobium molle Schrad. Caesalpinia brasiliana Lam. Cassia brasiliana Lam. Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq. Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz Cassia mollis Vahl Cassia pachycarpa de Wit Cassia regia Standl. Cathartocarpus brasilianus (Lam.) Jacq. Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham. Cathartocarpus grandis (L. f.) Pers.
English name	pinkshower cassia; beef-feed, bockoot (Belize); coral shower; coral-shower (Hawaii); horse cassia (Honduras, Jamaica); pinkshower; pinkshower castia (Puerto Rico); pinkshower senna; stinking-toe (Belize, Panama)
French name	cassier à gros fruits; bâton casse, casse, casse espagnole (Haiti); cassia à gros fruits
Spanish name	caña fistula (Panama); cañafístoda, cañafístola (Colombia); cañafístola cimarrona (Cuba, Dominican Republic); cañafistolo burrero (Venezuela); cañafístula (Colombia, Guatemala, Panama); cañafístula burrero (Venezuela); cañafístula cimarrona (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cañafístula grande (Mexico); cañafístula gruesa (Colombia); cañafístula macho (Venezuela); cañafístulo, cañafístulo rosado (Colombia); cañaflote (Venezuela); cañandonga (Colombia, Cuba); cañandonga de masa (Cuba); carago (Costa Rica, El Salvador); caragua (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua); carámano (Nicaragua); caramáno (Costa Rica); carambano (Nicaragua); carao (Central America); carol (Nicaragua); chácara, chacaray (Dominican Republic); cítricos (Colombia); gigantón (Puerto Rico); guayaba cimarrona; guayabos, mamoncillos, mango (Colombia); mare mare, mari-mare, mari-mari (Venezuela); quauhuayo (Mexico); sandal, sándalo, saragundin (Costa Rica)
Other name	bocot (Guatemala); bookut, bu-kèt, bu-kút, bu-kut; bucut (Guatemala); cañafistola (Brazil); cassia a grandi fruti (italian); cãssia-grande canafistula (Brazil); Grossfrüchtige Cassie (german); jeneuna, mari-mary preto, marimary rana, marimary saro (Brazil); mucut (Guatemala)
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