INFORMATION & USAGE OF MEDICINAL PLANT.
English Name- Indian laburnum, Golden shower Tree.
Cassia fistula is a native of India but it is found and cultivated in south Asia and many tropical warm countries.
This tree is of febaceae palnt family.This is a small tree. The leaves are parpinnate. The stipules are small. The leaflets are 4 & 8 pairs.The flowers are in droping racemes,yellow in colour and fragrant.The pods are long cylindrical and pendulous.The seeds are many, imbedded horizontally insweet dark coloured pulp.
Usage:-
The pulp of the fruit is a very safe laxative.It is also useful in heart diseases.Pulp of the fruit and leaves are generally used as Ayurvedic Medicinal Herb.
Kown as in other language-
Gujrathi- Garmaalo
Marathi- Bahava
Bengali—sonali.Bandarlatti,Amltas,
Kannada- heggake
Tamil- Komare,Konrai
Malyalam-Vishnu konnai,kotkonna
Telugu-ailkayaa
Sanskrit-karnikar
Hindi-Amaltas
Botanical Name-Cassia Fistula
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Cassia fistula is a native of India but it is found and cultivated in south Asia and many tropical warm countries.
This tree is of febaceae palnt family.This is a small tree. The leaves are parpinnate. The stipules are small. The leaflets are 4 & 8 pairs.The flowers are in droping racemes,yellow in colour and fragrant.The pods are long cylindrical and pendulous.The seeds are many, imbedded horizontally insweet dark coloured pulp.
Usage:-
The pulp of the fruit is a very safe laxative.It is also useful in heart diseases.Pulp of the fruit and leaves are generally used as Ayurvedic Medicinal Herb.
Kown as in other language-
Gujrathi- Garmaalo
Marathi- Bahava
Bengali—sonali.Bandarlatti,Amltas,
Kannada- heggake
Tamil- Komare,Konrai
Malyalam-Vishnu konnai,kotkonna
Telugu-ailkayaa
Sanskrit-karnikar
Hindi-Amaltas
Botanical Name-Cassia Fistula
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