Cassia fistula L.

• 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

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• 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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