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Pink shower

Local Name	:	Pink shower
Botanical Name	:	Cassia javanica L.
Common Name	:	Pink shower
Family	:	Fabaceae
Distribution	:	Cultivated throughout India, including Odisha. Native to Southeast Asia, including China, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium to large-sized deciduous tree with its abundant pink and white blossoms. It features pinnate leaves and produces long pods containing seeds.

Descriptions

It is a medium to large-sized deciduous tree. Bark is smooth and grayish-brown when young, becoming rougher and developing fissures as the tree matures. Leaves are compound, alternate, and pinnate. Each leaf consists of 5-9 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Flowers are large, pendulous racemes, fragrant, pink to mauve in color. The flowers have five petals and numerous stamens. Fruit is cylindrical, initially green and turning brown when mature.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

April-June

Use(s)

It has ornamental values.