Common name ²

Wild tamarind, broom cassia, Dutchmans butter, ti tanmawen, tanmawen djab

Status ²

Least concern

Plant description ²

Height erect shrub 2m tall Flower solitary yellow flowers in the upper leaf axils Seed / Fruit Legume linear, slender and reddish to dark brown. Seeds rectangular and dull to dark brown, glabrous, pitted, 2-3mm long Leaf 6-18 pairs of linear-oblong leaflets, asymmetric at the base Stem Peduncle fused to the axis for 1-28mm, pedicels 1-3, erect, 16-26mm

Distribution ²

Chamaecrista glandulosa has a large geographical distribution covering Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.

Altitude ²

0-600m

Habitat ²

Found in a range of habitats including hillsides and stream valleys in deep sandy soils in pine-oak forest, also seen on semi-arid and arid grasslands and grassy openings in shrublands

Sources and Credits

1. (c) rajinagurung, all rights reserved
2. (c) rajinagurung, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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