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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Cassia fistula L. (FABACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Indian Laburnum, Golden Shower, Busu Busu

Description

A medium sized deciduous tree to 20 m tall with slender drooping branches. Leaves 12-40 cm long with 3-8 pairs of leaflets. Flowers very showy, 3.5-5 cm long, golden yellow in pendulous unbranched clusters 20-60 cm long. Fruits tubular, green ripening black, 20-60 cm long.

Ecology

Probably native in deciduous forest.

Distribution

India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.

Uses

Widely cultivated as a street tree for its regular spectacular yellow blooms.