Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Cassia acutifolia Delile -> Senna alexandrina Mill.
• Cassia alata L. -> Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
• Cassia angustifolia Vahl. -> Senna alexandrina Mill.
• Cassia fistula L.
• Cassia grandis L. f.
• Cassia javanica L.
• Cassia javanica L. subsp. agnes (de Wit) K, Larsen
• Cassia javanica L. subsp. javanica
• Cassia javanica L. subsp. nodosa (Bush.-Ham. ex Roxb.) K, & S. S. Larsen
• Cassia javanica L. subsp. renigera (Wall. ex Benth.) K. Larsen
• Cassia lanceolata Forssk. -> Senna alexandrina Mill.
• Cassia obtusifolia L. -> Senna tora (L.) Roxb.
• Cassia occidentalis L. -> Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
• Cassia renigera Wall. ex Benth. -> Cassia javanica L. subsp. renigera (Wall. ex Benth.) K. Larsen
• Cassia roxburghii DC.
• Cassia senna L. -> Senna alexandrina Mill.
• Cassia siamea Lam. -> Senna siamea (Lam.) Irwin & Barneby
• Cassia tora L. -> Senna tora (L.) Roxb.

CHINESE :   阿勃勒    A bo le  (Taiwan),       La chang shu.

DANISH : Roerkassia.

DUTCH : Kassie.

ENGLISH : Cassia, Cassia pods, Golden shower, Golden shower tree, Indian laburnum, Pudding pipe tree, Pudding-pine tree (Thailand), Purging cassia.

FRENCH : Bâton casse, Canéficier, Casse, Casse fistuleuse, Cassier, Douche d'or, Faux caroubier, Kas dous (Creole - Caribbean).

GERMAN : Indischer Goldregen, Röhrenkassie, Roehrenkassie.

JAPANESE : Nanban saikachi.

ITALIAN : Cassia.

LAOTIAN : Khoun.

NEPALESE : Amaltash, Rajbriksya

NORWEGIAN : Kasja.

PORTUGUESE : Cássia.

SPANISH : Cañafístula, Cassia purgante, Casia fistula, Laburno de la India, Lluvia dorada, Lluvia de oro.

THAI : Koun.

SYNONYM(S) : Cassia brasiliana Lam., nom. illeg.

ENGLISH : Appleblossom cassia, Coral shower, Horse cassia, Pink shower, Stinking toa.

FRENCH : Bâton casse, Casse du Brésil.

GERMAN : Grossfrüchtige Kassie, Rosa Kassie.

JAPANESE : Momo iro nanban saikachi.

SPANISH : Arbol de fuego , Sándalo.

THAI : Kanla phruek.

ENGLISH : Appleblossom shower, Java cassia, Rainbow shower.

THAI : Khilek chawa, Khilek yawa.

SYNONYM(S) : Cassia agnes (de Wit) Brenan, Cassia javanica L. var. agnes de Wit , Cassia javanica L. var. indochinensis Gagnep.

THAI : Ratcha phruek.

This subsp. and subsp. nodosa share a few common names. The botanical demarcation seems unclear.

ENGLISH : Javanese cassia, Pink and white shower.

THAI : Khilek chawa, Khilek yawa.

SYNONYM(S) : Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Cassia javanica L. var. indochinensis Gagnep.

ENGLISH : Appleblossom shower, Jointwood, Pink shower, Pink-and-white shower.

THAI : Chaiya phruek, Kanla phruek, Kanlapa phruek.

SYNONYM(S) : Cassia renigera Wall. ex Benth.

ENGLISH : Burmese pink cassia, Burmese senna, Common pink cassia.

THAI : Chaiya phruek.

SYNONYM(S) : Cassia marginata Roxb.

ENGLISH : Ceylon senna, Red cassia.

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Cassia Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cassia.html > (2005).

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?cassia (01 September 2004). (GRIN)

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