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Cassia javanica L. var. indochinensis
Pink shower

Cassia javanica
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Tropical Asia; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

South Florida History and Distribution: Reported for Florida by Wunderlin 1998, 2003), based on a Miami-Dade County specimen at FTG now considered to be from cultivated material (Wunderlin et al. 2017).

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Cassia javanica
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr