cassia

1. Any of various chiefly tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or herbs of the genus Cassia in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, usually yellow flowers, and long, flat or cylindrical pods.
2. 1. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Cinnamomum cassia) having aromatic bark used as a substitute for cinnamon.
   2. The bark of this tree.

[Middle English, from Latin, a kind of plant, from Greek kasiā, kassiā, probably of Phoenician origin, akin to Hebrew qəṣīyâ, probably ultimately of Chinese origin.]

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The inner bark of a tree grown in the Far East (Cinnamomium cassia), used as a flavouring, similar to cinnamon.

Legume genus of the Caesalpiniaceae family of plants; contain anthraquinone glycosides which causes diarrhea and myopathy. Includes C. acutiflora (senna), C. arachoides, C. barclayana, C. didymobotrya, C. floribunda, C. obtusiflora (sicklepod), C. roemeriana. Many species in the genus have been reclassified as Senna spp.

• C. occidentalis — causes degeneration of striated muscle with a consequent myoglobinuria and atrophy of skeletal muscles and cardiomyopathy of sufficient extent to cause death. Called also coffee senna, wild coffee.

Cash'i-a. An immense genus of perhaps 500 species of herbs, shrubs, and mostly tropical trees, with a few herbs grown in the temperate zone.

Description
They have compound leaves, the leaflets arranged feather-fashion and without an odd one at the end. Flowers very nearly regular, but one of the clawed petals often a little larger than the other 4.

How to Grow
The species listed below is easy to grow from seed in average to dry soil. It does best in full sun. Prefers warm weather.

Cassia fasciculata
Partridge Pea . To 18 in. (45 cm) high. Flowers yellow, ¾ in. (19 mm) long, in clusters. E. and cen. U. S. Hardy annual.

Cassia may refer to:

Plants

• Cinnamomum aromaticum, a cinnamon tree from southern China and Indochina which produces the spice cassiabark
• other species of Cinnamomum, a tree genus in the laurel family (Lauraceae)
• Cassia (legume), a tree/shrub genus in the bean family (Fabaceae)
• locally for introduced Needle Bush (Acacia farnesiana), another Fabaceae

Persons

• Cassia, Kezia or Keziah, a female surname of Biblical origin
• the female gentilicium name of the Cassii (gens Cassia) of Ancient Rome

• Cassia or Kassia, Bytantine abbbess and music scholar (9th century)
• Cássia Eller, Brazilian musician (1962-2006)
• Cassià Maria Just, Catalan abbot (1926-2008)
• Cassia Riley, an American model (b.1980)
• Saint Cassia, one of the Damascus martyrs (Sabinus, Julian, Maximus, Macrobius etc) venerated on July 20 (probably 3rd century)
• Sant Cassia or Sant-Cassia, a noble family of Malta
  • Francis Sant-Cassia, 7th Count Sant, murdered (1920-1988)

Other

• Cássia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Cassia (planet), a planet in A. Livadny's science fiction book series Expansion: The History of the Galaxy
• Cassia (band), an Indie Rock band
• Cassia County, Idaho
• Cassia Creek, Idaho
• Via Cassia, a Roman road leading out of Rome

See also

• Cassio
• Cassius

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