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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: FABACEAE Genus: Cassia Species: ×nealiae Species Author: H. S. Irwin & Barneby Vernacular: Rainbow Shower, Tuhken kilinwai
Rainbow shower tree can grow to about 10 m tall. It has compound and alternate leaves, each with 6 to 10 pairs of oval leaflets. The flowers appear in long hanging clusters and have 5 petals and a long, curved style. The petals are white, yellow and cream, to orange-red. The cultivar pictured here 'Queen's Hospital White' has unscented yellowish flowers, turning white. The species name commemorates Hawaii botanist Marie C. Neal.
(Neal,M.C. 1965. In Gardens of Hawaii.)
(Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus Third.)
This very popular hybrid has been originally produced in Hawaii but it is cultivated throughout the tropics.
(Neal,M.C. 1965. In Gardens of Hawaii.)
(Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus Third.)
Cassia ×nealiae is a hybrid between Cassia javanica and Cassia fistula produced in Hawaii. In 1965, the rainbow shower tree become the official tree of Honolulu.
(Neal,M.C. 1965. In Gardens of Hawaii.)
(Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus Third.)
