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Coarse,
weedy herb; leaves alternate, simple, once-pinnately compound,
even-pinnate; leaflets ovate, base round, margin entire, apex
acute to acuminate; flowers axillary. yellow; legume fruits flat.
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Listed, as Cassia occidentalis, as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981).