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FIGURE 9.—Wild Coffee (Cassia occidentalis L.) 
but occasionally sparingly hairy. The large, alternate, compound 
leaves may reach 12 inches in length and usually have 4 to 6 pairs of 
leaflets. The paired leaflets increase in size from the base of the leaf. 
The short-stemmed, thin leaflets are rounded at the base, taper to a 
point at the tip, and may attain 21% inches in length. The yellow 
flowers, which fade to dull white, are almost an inch long and occur 
singly or in groups of 2 to 4 short-branched clusters. The individual 
flowers are attached by very short stems. The flat pods are about 
14 inch wide and 5 inches long; they have thickened margins. The 
flat, dull-brown, compressed seeds are separated from one ‘another in 
the pod: they are about 1g inch long. The plants blossom in summer 
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