Name: Sausage tree Category: Arbor

Alternative name: Horn tree Family name: Fabaceae

Latin name: Cassia fistula L.

Ecological habits

His sun, tolerates semi-shade, likes warm and humid climate, is afraid of frost, likes to grow in moist, fertile, well-drained neutral alluvial soil, avoids water accumulation, and can also grow in dry and barren loam. Can grow.

Morphological characteristics

The fruit it bears is exactly the same as a large sausage stuffed with pork, so it is called the sausage tree. It has even-numbered pinnate compound leaves, axillary racemes, loose and drooping, 30 meters long. ~50 cm. Blooms from May to August. Looking from a distance, among the green leaves, there are countless clusters of yellow flowers, which are very beautiful. Fruits are produced from September to October. The pods are 30 to 50 cm long, dark, cylindrical, and undehiscent. , there are 40 to 100 seeds in the fruit.

Propagation and cultivation

N/A

Garden use

Dachshund pairs are beautiful Garden ornamental trees, especially when blooming in summer, are full of golden color and are extremely beautiful.

Origin Distribution

Origin is tropical Africa. It is cultivated in southern my country and in India. , also available in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.