Cassia fikifiki

Cassia fikifiki
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Cassia
Species:	C. fikifiki
Binomial name
Cassia fikifiki Aubrév. & Pellegr.

Cassia fikifiki is an uncommon small rainforest species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. It is a deciduous tree with a showy pendulous infloresences of bright yellow flowers, and is easily confused in foliage with the common savanna tree Cassia sieberiana.

It is threatened by habitat loss and overharvesting as an aphrodisiac. The bark has been investigated for antifiliarial properties.

References

• Assi, A. (1998). "Cassia fikifiki". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. IUCN: e.T32211A9686855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32211A9686855.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
• C.A.M. Marshall & W.D. Hawthrone, 2013. Important plants of northwestern Nimba County, Liberia: A guide to the most useful, rare or ecologically important species with Mano names and uses. Oxford Forestry Institute, Oxford, UK.