Scientific name: Cassia fistula
English name: Indian Laburnum
Description:
Trees, to about 20 m tall; stems glabrous; leaves 10-4-(-60) cm long with (2-)3-8 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 6-10(-20) long,3.5-9 cm wide; inflorescences 10-40 cm long, many flowered; flowers on pedicels, 3-5(-7.5) cm long; petals yellow; fruit pendulous, black, smooth, 20-60 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, 40-100 seeded; seeds brown, glossy, , 7.5 mm long, 6-7 mm wide.
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for-
- Constipation
- Nervous system disorders
- Oedeama
- Rashes
- Coughs
- Burning sensations in the body
- Fevers
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:
- Roots
- Bark
- Juice of the pods