Senna garrettiana

(Craib) H. Irwin & Barneby

Golden wonder, Thailand cassia tree

Fabaceae Edible: Leaves 20 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A small evergreen tree. The bark is smooth and grey. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. They are shiny dark green above. The flowers are buttercup shaped and bright yellow. They are in clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is a cylinder shaped pod. It is dark brown and slightly curved. There are many brown flattened seeds.

Edible Uses

Young leaflets are used in soups, though the leaves are bitter.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are bitter but young leaflets are used in soups.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests and along the edges of rivers. It can be in open and wet areas up to 400 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Asia, Cambodia, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Notes

Also as Caesalpinaceae.

Synonyms

Cassia garettiana Craib

Also Known As

Keelek kok, Pohon kasia thailand, Pohon manatapat

References (5)

ILDIS Legumes of the World http:www:ildis.org/Legume/Web
Kachenchart, B., et al, 2008, Phenology of Edible Plants at Sakaerat Forest. In Proceedings of the FORTROP II: Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World. Bangkok, Thailand.
Larsen, K., et al, 1980, In Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18A
Srichaiwong, P., et al, 2014, A Study of the Biodiversity of Natural Food Production to Support Community Upstream of Chi Basin, Thailand. Asian Social Science 10 (2):
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 503