• Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Synonym(s) : Cassia rhombifolia Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cassia fistula L.
• Common name : Indian Laburnum, Golden Shower, Purging fistula, Fistula, Purging cassia
• Vernacular name : Sonhali, Amartas, Sundaraj, Girimalah (Hindi); Kakke mara, Konde mara (Kannada); Sarakkonrai, Konnei (Tamil); Rela (Telugu); Sonari, Sunari, Argavada, Barachakunda, Bhalutherga, Bhahetherga (Oria); Aragwadha (Sanskrit); Kanikonna, Karnikaram, Konna, Kritamalam, Swarnaviram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : In plains to 1400m. Wild on hills, often planted
• Key identification features : Medium-sized tree with spreading crown; flowers yellow on drooping raceme; fruits long and hard
• Flower, Fruit : March-December
• Collector(s) Name : S.B. Manohar & B. Gurudev Singh
• Collection Date : 19/03/1980
• Collection Nos : KFP 11050
• Collection Locality : M.M. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan, Malay Islands, China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cassia fistula. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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