Fabaceae
Pink shower
Cassia grandis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cassia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- جرانديز كاسيا
- Chinese
- 大果鐵刀木, 紅花鐵刀木, 红花铁刀木, 大果铁刀木
- English
- Pink shower
- hsb
- Hoberska kasija
- Japanese
- モモイロナンバンサイカチ
- Malay
- Kotek mamak, Kasia merah, Kotek
- Malayalam
- പിങ്ക് കൊന്ന
- Portuguese
- Cássia gigante, Cássia rosa, Cássia-gigante, Cássia-rosa
- Spanish
- Canafistula cimarrona, Canandonga, Carao, Cañafistula cimarrona, Cañandonga
- Thai
- กาฬพฤกษ์
- Vietnamese
- Ô môi, Cây ô môi
Synonyms
- Bactyrilobium grande (L.f.) Hornem.
- Bactyrilobium molle (Vahl) Schrad.
- Cassia brasiliana Lam.
- Cassia brasiliana var. tomentosa Miq.
- Cassia brasiliensis Buc'hoz
- Cassia mollis Vahl
- Cassia pachycarpa de Wit
- Cassia regia Standl.
- Cathartocarpus brasilianus Jacq.
- Cathartocarpus erubescens Ham.
- Cathartocarpus grandis (L.f.) Pers.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: DXLINH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DXLINH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sara Wille, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Bindu Dilip, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mproalvas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego LOBO MONTOYA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: EDMILSON NOGUEIRA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Irv Widders, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.