Cassia sp. Paluma Range (G.Sankowsky 450)

Provisional HISPID phrase name.

Golden Shower

Canopy tree 15m x 15cm dbh. Bark flaky-tessellated.

Leaflets 6-12, glossy, light green above, dull below, 25-90 x 20-37 mm. Glabrous.

Flowers yellow, in pendant racemes hanging from underside of branchlets. Petals yellow, anterior petals sometimes with red base. Calyx green.

Fruit a glabrous or pubescent round brown pod.

Features not available.

Occurs in NEQ, known from the Paluma Range area. Altitudinal range from 50 to 740 m. Grows in monsoon forest, vine forest, rain forest, open forest and woodlands.