Meaning
A flowering tree of the cassia family, several kinds of which grow in Jamaica — from the golden-flowered 'shower of gold' that blazes yellow in season, to the long-podded kinds whose dark pulp ('cassia fistula') is used as a folk laxative and 'wash out'. Beautiful in bloom and useful in bush medicine, cassia is both an ornamental and a remedy tree.
Examples
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Di cassia tree full a yellow flowa.
The cassia tree is full of yellow flowers.
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Dem use di cassia pod fi wash out.
They use the cassia pod as a purge.
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Di shower of gold pretty bad inna bloom.
The golden cassia is very pretty in bloom.
Origin
The cassia trees (Cassia/Senna spp.); ornamental and medicinal. See [[wash-out]], [[poinciana]].
How it’s used
A flowering tree; the golden 'shower of gold', and a folk-laxative pod. See [[wash-out]], [[poinciana]].