GOLDEN SHOWER TREE | CASSIA FISTULA | AMALTAS | अमलतास | बहावा | HOW TO GROW AMALTAS | PLANT SERIES
Channel: The Hunter Gatherer Indian
Date: 21/07/2022

।। Golden Shower Tree ।।

Binomial Name: Cassia Fistula

Indian Name: अमलतास, बहावा

Classification

Kingdom:      Plantae
Clade:            Tracheophytes
Clade:            Angiosperms
Clade:            Eudicots
Clade:            Rosids
Order:            Fabales
Family:          Fabaceae
Subfamily:    Caesalpinioideae
Genus:          Cassia
Species:       C Fistula

Cassia fistula commonly known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum or pudding pipe tree. It is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to the Asia. It is a popular ornamental plant which is also used in many herbal medicine. Golden Shower Tree is not a nitrogen fixer. It's a dicot plant. It's root system is tap root.

Hight: 10 to 12 feet

In Ayurvedic medicine, the Cassia Fistula is known as "aragvadha" meaning disease killer.

"National tree and national flower of Thailand."

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