Plant: Pink shower tree (Cassia bakeriana) 花旗木

On our way to Alishan on April 20, 2023, we stopped at the Chiayi Chukou Visitor Center to admire the blooming Pink shower tree, which was a joyous sight to behold. Cassia bakeriana, commonly called pink shower tree, is a small flowering tree. This tree is now grown primarily as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical areas around the world. It is noted for producing a showy display of fragrant pink-purple flowers with yellow stamens. Flowers are followed by large bean-like seed pods. Genus name comes from the Greek name for a genus of leguminous plants which provide the senna leaves and pods important in pharmacy.
我們在2023年4月20日去阿里山的途中，停在嘉義觸口遊客中心欣賞正盛開的花旗木，令人覺得喜氣洋洋。花旗木，又稱絨果決明、桃紅陣雨樹、泰國櫻花、三月櫻。是一種小的開花樹。它原產於泰國和緬甸的森林地區。這種樹現在主要作為觀賞植物，種植在世界各地的熱帶和亞熱帶地區。它以開出艷麗的芬芳粉紫色花朵和黃色雄蕊而聞名。開花之後是大的豆狀種莢。屬名來自豆科植物的希臘名稱，提供藥學中重要的番瀉葉和番瀉豆莢。

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Photo Date: 2023.04.20 Location: Chiayi Chukou Visitor Center, Taiwan

Notes 筆記

  • Cassia bakeriana, commonly called pink shower tree, is a small flowering tree. It is native to forested areas of Thailand and Myanmar. This tree is now grown primarily as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical areas around the world.
  • It is noted for producing a showy display of fragrant pink-purple flowers with yellow stamens which bloom in early spring (March-April) in 4-10” long drooping racemes (20-40 flowers per raceme). Flowers are followed by large bean-like seed pods.
  • Genus name comes from the Greek name for a genus of leguminous plants which provide the senna leaves and pods important in pharmacy. Specific epithet is believed to honor John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920) an English botanist or George Percival Baker (1856-1951) an English horticulturist.
  • 花旗木，又稱絨果決明、桃紅陣雨樹、泰國櫻花、三月櫻。是一種小的開花樹。它原產於泰國和緬甸的森林地區。這種樹現在主要作為觀賞植物，種植在世界各地的熱帶和亞熱帶地區。
  • 它以開出艷麗的芬芳粉紫色花朵和黃色雄蕊而聞名，在早春(三月至四月)開4-10英寸長的下垂總狀花序(每個總狀花序 20-40 朵花)。開花之後是大的豆狀種莢。
  • 屬名來自豆科植物的希臘名稱，提供藥學中重要的番瀉葉和番瀉豆莢。據說種小名是為了紀念英國植物學家約翰·吉爾伯特·貝克（John Gilbert Baker，1834-1920 年）或英國園藝家喬治·珀西瓦爾·貝克（George Percival Baker，1856-1951年）而來。

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