The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35(1-2): 334 (1982)

Synonyms

• Cassia myrtifolia Phil. ex Reiche
• Cassia foetida Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don,
• Cassia pencana Phil. ex sched.
• Cassia stipulacea Aiton
• Cassia stipulacea Willd., nom. illeg.

Common names

• mayu (mayo) (Irwin & Barneby (1982))
• palo negro (Irwin & Barneby (1982))

References

• Irwin & Barneby (1982)

  Irwin, H.S. and Barneby, R.C. 1982. The American Cassiinae. A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Casiinae in the New World. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 35:(1-2):1-98

Regions

Valparaíso, Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos and Ñuble

Habitat

Temperate Forests and Relict coastal forest

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.