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Indian laburnum

Anmalthassh
Cassia fistula L.

Common in most of the inhabited islands. A multipurpose tree. The roots, bark, flowers and fruits are all medicinal. They are mainly used as a remedy for skin diseases, burning sensations, fever, diabetes (bark) rheumatism, gout, anorexia, jaundice and cardiac disorders (fruits).

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A multipurpose tree. The roots, bark, flowers and fruits are all medicinal. They are mainly used as a remedy for skin diseases, burning sensations, fever, diabetes (bark) rheumatism, gout, anorexia, jaundice and cardiac disorders (fruits). 3-
family
Fabaceae
synonym
Cassia rhombifolia Roxb.
description
Deciduous trees, to 15 m high, bark surface pale when young, exfoliating in hard scales in mature plants. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; rachis 14.5-36 cm, × pulvinate; leaflets 6-16, opposite, 5-18.5 3- 6.5 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong- ovate, base obtuse, round or acute, apex acuminate, glabrous above, glaucous and puberulent beneath; lateral nerves 9-25, prominent. Flowers 3.7-5 cm across, yellow, in axillary drooping racemes; pedicels 3-7 × cm. Calyx tube short, lobes 5, 1 0.6 cm, × ovate, apex obtuse, reflexed. Petals 5, 2.5 1.5 cm, obovate, subequal, clawed. Stamens 10, upper 3 short with erect filaments to 7.5 mm; lower 3 large with curved filaments, to 3 cm; medium 4 with erect filaments to 1 cm. × Fruit a pod 30-60 1.2-1.6 cm, cylindrical, black, shortly stipitate, indehiscent, woody, transversely septate; seeds 25-100, 6-8 mm broad, ovoid, pale brown, immersed in pulp.
native range
Southeast Asia
distribution
Southern Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Th ailand and Sri Lanka
english names
Indian laburnum · Golden shower · Purging cassia · Purging fistula
flowering fruiting
February–September
occurrence maldives
Common in most of the inhabited islands.
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