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Pink Shower Tree
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Pink Shower Tree

Cassia grandis L.f.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPink Shower Tree
Dutch—
SpanishCarao
Chinese大果铁刀木
Scientific nameCassia grandis L.f.

About this species

Cassia grandis, one of several species called pink shower tree, and known as carao in Spanish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the neotropics, that grows up to 30 m (98 ft). The species is distributed from southern Mexico, to Venezuela and Ecuador. It grows in forests and open fields at lower elevations, and is known to be planted as an ornamental. In at least Costa Rica, its pods are stewed into a molasses-like syrup, taken as a sweetener and for its nutritional and medicinal effects, called Jarabe (or Miel) de Carao.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusCassia

In Suriname

29Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1766First record
1949Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Wanica2
  • Paramaribo1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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