Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cassia grandis L.f. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apple blosom cassia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
appleblossom cassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baton casse	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bâton casse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canafistula cimarrona	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
canafístula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carao	Other	Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
caraola	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
carrol	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
casse	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
casse du brésil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coral shower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coral shower tree	Other	Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
cássia-grande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geneúna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
großfrüchtige kassie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
horse cassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kasia merah jambu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pink cassia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pink shower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
rosenkassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sandal	Other	Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
stinking toe	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sándalo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
árbol de fuego	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed pulp		Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit, leaf, seed		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bactyrilobium molle (Vahl) Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 713 (1821).
Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq. Linnaea 18: 578 (1844).
Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz Hist. Univ. Règne Vég. 10(4): t. 2 (1775).
Cassia mollis Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 57 (1794).
Cassia pachycarpa de Wit Webbia 11: 259 (1955).
Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham. Pharm. J. 5: 119 (1845).
Bactyrilobium grande (L.f.) Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 135 (1813).
Cassia brasiliana Lam. Encycl. 1: 649 (1785).
Cassia regia Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 103 (1916).
Cathartocarpus brasilianus Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 59 (1807).
Cathartocarpus grandis (L.f.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 459 (1805).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bactyrilobium molle (Vahl)Schrad.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia brasiliana sensu Colladon tomentosa Miq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia grandis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Trop. Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
Cassia grandis L.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Cassia grandis L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cassia grandis L.f.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cassia grandis Linn. F.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassia mollis Vahl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cassia pachycarpa de Wit	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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