Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cassia fistula
caña fístula, casia purgante, golden-rain , golden shower, amaltas, purging cassia




Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Cassia
Species
fistula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bactyrilobium fistula (L.) Willd.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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- Stevens, W.D. Ulloa, C., Pool, A., & Montiel, O.M. (2001) Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i–xlii, 1–2666.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cassia fistula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=500. Accessed 2 January 2026.