Cassia abbreviata
| Sjambok pod | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Cassia |
| Species: | C. abbreviata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassia abbreviata Oliv. [1] | |
| Subspecies | |
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Cassia abbreviata, commonly known as the Sjambok pod or Long-tail cassia, is a mostly tropical tree species in the genus Cassia, which is native to Africa.
Native distribution
Cassia abbreviata is native to east, northeast, south, and west-central Africa; found in Botswana, the DRC, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa (in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga), Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
Uses
Proguibourtinidins, a type of condensed tannins, can be found in C. abbreviata [2] and guibourtinidol, a flavan-3ol, can be found in its heartwood.[3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are distinguished on the basis of petal size, pubescence and geographical distribution:[4]
- Cassia abbreviata subsp. abbreviata
- Cassia abbreviata subsp. beareana (Holmes) Brenan
- Cassia abbreviata subsp. kassneri (Baker f.) Brenan
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Foliage
See also
References
- 1 2 Cassia abbreviata was originally described and published in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 271. 1871. GRIN (December 19, 2007). "Cassia abbreviata information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- ↑ The structure and synthesis of proguibourtinidins from Cassia abbreviata, Elfranco Malan, Ewald Swinny, Daneel Ferreira and Petrus Steynberg, 1996
- ↑ The novel Flavan-3-ol, (2R,3S )-guibourtinidol and its diastereomers. Reinier J.J. Nel, Makhosazana Mthembu, Johan Coetzee, Hendrik van Rensburg, Elfranco Malan and Daneel Ferreira, Phytochemistry 52 (1999) 1153-1158
- ↑ Orwa, C.; Mutua, A.; Kindt, R.; Jamnadass, R.; Anthony, S. "Cassia abbreviata" (PDF). worldagroforestry.org. Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide version 4.0. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
External links
- Cassia abbreviata on www.ildis.org
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Cassia+abbreviata&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Cassia abbreviata"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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