Cassia fikifiki: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cassia
- Species
- Cassia fikifiki
- Scientific Name
- Cassia fikifiki
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cassia fikifiki
Cassia fikifiki is an uncommon small rainforest species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. It is a deciduous tree with a showy pendulous inflorescences of bright yellow flowers, and is easily confused in foliage with the common savanna tree Cassia sieberiana.
It is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting as an aphrodisiac. The bark has been investigated for antifilarial properties.
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Sibling Taxa
- Cassia abbreviata
- Cassia afrofistula
- Cassia angolensis
- Cassia arereh
- Cassia artensis
- Cassia aubrevillei
- Cassia bakeriana
- Cassia brewsteri
- Cassia cowanii
- Cassia eremophila
- Cassia fastuosa
- Cassia ferruginea
- Cassia fikifiki
- Cassia fistula
- Cassia grandis
- Cassia hintonii
- Cassia hippophallus
- Cassia javanica
- Cassia leiandra
- Cassia leptophylla
- Cassia madagascariensis
- Cassia mannii
- Cassia marksiana
- Cassia midas
- Cassia moschata
- Cassia queenslandica
- Cassia roxburghii
- Cassia sieberiana
- Cassia thyrsoidea
- Cassia tomentella
- Cassia × nealiae



