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Mysore thorn
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English name |
Mysore thorn（JPG：111KB） |
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Scientific name |
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston var. japonica |
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Best season |
May, June |
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Commentary |
A deciduous shrub with creeper characteristics. It has sharp thorns and grows like a vine, entangling with other trees and plants. Bipinnate leaves. The flowers are yellow, about 3 cm in diameter, and grow on a raceme in great numbers, conspicuous even from a distance. The flowers has five petals but is not butterfly-shaped. When the legumes are brown and ripe, they cleave in two and produce seeds about 1 cm long. |
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