Fish-bone Cassia vs round-leaf cassia

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fish-bone Cassia	round-leaf cassia
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Chamaecrista	Chamaecrista
Species	Chamaecrista mimosoides	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Fish-bone Cassia and round-leaf cassia share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Chamaecrista.

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fish-bone Cassia	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).