Cassia fistula, known as also the golden shower tree and 腊肠树 (sausage tree) in Chinese

Golden shower tree (Lat.Cassia fistula, Chinese  腊肠树 - meaning sausage tree) is my favorite tree as the flowers when they are in full bloom in late May and in June (in Hong Kong) are really like "golden shower". Golden shower tree flower (actually many clusters of small flowers like other pea family tree flowers) is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen. I sketched them and want to share my sketches with tree flower lovers as well as sketch lovers. The photo of the real one is shown at the bottom as well.

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Cassia fistula, Golden shower tree -EHALA POKURU WEL MAL in Sinhala
Posted on December 7th, 2012

DR. Nishan Wijesinha (Director)MIS Services St. Anthony’s Mawatha, Colombo

Cassia fistula, known as the golden shower tree (EHALA POKURU WEL MAL )  is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, natively associated with the Mullai region of Sangam landscape. It is the national tree of Thailand, and their yellowish cluster of showering flower is Thailand’s national flower. It is also the state flower of Kerala in India and of immense importance amongst Malayali population within their religious and marriage rituals. It is also a perfect tree for city landscaping and for air pollution termination.  In Ayurvedic medicine, golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning “disease killer”. The root is considered a purgative, and its leaves and flowers are a natural medicine and a tasty alternate to tea when dehydrated.