Cassia fistula Lin
Genus: Cassia
Botanical name: Cassia fistula Lin
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English: Indian laburnum
Sanskrit: Aragvadha, Rajavriksha, Chaturangulam, Deerkhaphala
Hindi: Amaltas, Girimala
Malayalam: Kanikonna
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
The golden shower tree is a medium-sized tree, growing to 10–20 metres (33–66 ft) tall with fast growth. The leaves are deciduous, 15–60 centimetres (5.9–24 in) long, pinnate with 3 to 8 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet 7–21 centimetres (2.8–8.3 in) long and 4–9 centimetres (1.6–3.5 in) broad. The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes 20–40 centimetres (7.9–16 in) long, each flower 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) diameter with five yellow petals of equal size and shape. The fruit is a legume, 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) long and 1.5–2.5 centimetres (0.59–0.98 in) broad, with a pungent odour and containing several seeds. The seeds are poisonous.
The leaves of Indian laburnum is used as a medicine against the poison of Spider. These leaves relieve the patient of the irritating itching sensation caused from the bite of the spider.