Cassia fistula, Kanikonna, Indian laburnum, കണിക്കൊന്ന

Family: Fabaceae
Vernacular names: Kanikonna, കണിക്കൊന്ന (Malayalam), Indian laburnum (English), Aragvadha (Sanskrit), Amaltas (Hindi), Konnei (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Medium trees. Leaves paripinnate, alternate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, in axillary drooping. Fruit a pod cylindrical, black, indehiscent, woody; seeds ovoid, pale brown, immersed in pulp.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, widely planted as ornamental plant
Flowering & Fruiting: February-September

Parts used: Root, leaves, bark, fruits and flowers
Properties & Uses: Purgative, anti-pyretic, laxative, digestive, anti-inflammatory and cooling. The leaves are used to treat rheumatism; leaves juice given in erysipelas. The flowers are used to treat biliousness, the fruit is used to treat leprosy, diseases of the heart and abdominal pains. The root and bark is used to treat skin diseases, fever, leucoderma, diabetes, cardiac diseases and Jaundice.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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