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Taxon:  Cassia tora L.



Summary
Genus:
Cassia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
9397
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:376. 1753
Verified:
03/14/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, E. K. & O. N. Allen. 1933. Attempts to demonstrate nitrogen-fixing bacteria within the tissues of Cassia tora. Amer. J. Bot. 20:79-84.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
  6. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  7. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  8. Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:358.
  9. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  10. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  11. Lim, G. 1979. Rhizobium and nodulation of legumes in Singapore. Soil microbiology and plant nutrition. 1979 159-175.
  12. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
  13. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  14. Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 1:83.
  15. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  16. Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21. 1998
  17. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992
  18. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  19. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  20. Symon, D. E. 1966. Revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 90:92.
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  22. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9397. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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