Pink Shower
Cassia grandis
Also known as Coral Shower, Horse Cassia
About Pink Shower
Cassia grandis, one of several species called pink shower tree, and known as carao in Spanish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the neotropics, that grows up to 30 m (98 ft). The species is distributed from southern Mexico, to Venezuela and Ecuador. It grows in forests and open fields at lower elevations, and is known to be planted as an ornamental. In at least Costa Rica, its pods are stewed into a molasses-like syrup, taken as a sweetener and for its nutritional and medicinal effects, called Jarabe (or Miel) de Carao.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cassia grandis
- Genus
- Cassia
- Family
- CAESALPINIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
Local Names
- Malayalam
- പിങ്ക് കൊന്ന, Cassia grandis
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Pink Shower belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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