- 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 IPNI) : 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 : Tropical dry deciduous forests and Tropical 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
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cassia fistula. Downloaded on 1 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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