Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:377. 1753
Verified:
03/14/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
golden shower – Indian-laburnum – purging cassia – French
bâton casse – canéficer – casse fistuleuse – German
Röhrenkassie – Portuguese (Brazil)
cássia-fístula – cássia-imperial – cana-fístula – chuva-de-ouro – Spanish
cañafístula – Swedish
rörkassia –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
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://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9334.
Accessed 15 December 2025.