Cassia leptophylla

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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| image = Cassialeptophylla.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |year=2019 |title=Cassia leptophylla |volume=2019 |page=e.T149205559A149205561 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T149205559A149205561.en |access-date=16 July 2023}}

| genus = Cassia

| species = leptophylla

| authority = Vogel Cassia leptophylla was originally described and published in Generis Cassiae Synopsis 13. 1837. {{ cite web |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9354|title=Cassia leptophylla information from NPGS/GRIN |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |date=22 May 1997 |accessdate=11 January 2016}}

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Cassia leptophylla is a tropical tree species in the genus Cassia, which is indigenous to Brazil. It is named gold medallion tree and has yellow flowers that bloom intermittently throughout the year, spawning seedpods that are rectangular in cross section and rattle festively. It is recognized by its thin green foliage with glossy green pinnate leaflets. The fruit is a long thin seedpod with four sides.