Pls help me ID this tree. It´s 30-40ft. high, with a wide, asymmetrical crown 50ft in dia. The trunk is greyish, about 4ft-thick at the base, and splits into two about 3 ft off the ground into numerous branches that sometimes hang vertically. The twigs grow alternatively, but the leaves grow opposite each other on the twigs. Leaves are dark green (young plant leaves have a furry brown color underneath) and are perfectly elongated, with smooth edges and round tips, and "fold" at night. The tree is completely deciduous. Down here in the tropics, it flowers in the middle of the dry season (February), when it sheds all its leaves and small pink/peach flowers pop up profusely throughout the crown. The flowers are about 1-in. in dia, have a pink stem and base, and 5 petals with a pastel peach color arranged in a cloverleaf pattern. Each flower has 4-5 white stamens. It´s quite a show. The only specimen I´ve seen only grows a single seed pod that hangs high up from the crown. It´s 5-6 inches long, and has a tough, woody brown skin. It holds 15 or so shiny, tan-colored, coffee-bean-like seeds with a light ridge accross the middle section, packed neatly in transversal compartments separated by strong "walls" and packed in a caramel-like, gooey substance that smells pretty bad. The seeds germinate readily right out of the pod. Somebody told me it seems to be a Cassia Grandis, but unlike it, this tree only produces a single seed pod per year, and its flowers sprout pink & peach, not reddish and w/multiple seed pods. I´ve only seen one specimen down here in Panama; it grows in the Paraiso neighborhood on the eastern bank of the Panama Canal. Thanks!
