712 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Fabales

► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family

► Family (Alt) Caesalpiniaceae

► Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

► Tribe Cassieae

► Subtribe Cassiinae

► Genus Cassia L. - Cassia

Synonyms

Common names

Amaltas (English)

Butor (English)

Caneficier (English)

Casse (English)

Casse Espagnole (English)

Casse-habitant (English)

Cassia stick tree (English)

Cassie (English)

Golden rain (English)

Golden shower (English)

Golden shower tree (English)

Guayaba cimarrona (English)

Indian laburnum (English)

Kaisai (English)

Kas (English)

Pudding pipe-tree (English)

Purging (English)

Purging cassia (English)

Rohrenkassie (English)

Bâton casse (French)

Canéficer (French)

Casse (French)

Casse fistuleuse (French)

 

Röhrenkassie (German)

Кассия фистула (Russian)

Cañafístula (Spanish)

 

Amaltas (India (Hindi))

Amulthus (India (Hindi))

Aragvadha (India (Sanskrit))

Aragvadhah (India (Sanskrit))

Konnai (India (Tamil))

Konrai (India (Tamil))

 

Cana-fístula (Brazil (Portuguese))

Cássia-fístula (Brazil (Portuguese))

Cássia-imperial (Brazil (Portuguese))

Chuva-de-ouro (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Medium-sized fragrant canary yellow flower with three upper and two lower ovate petals and prominent curved stamens and pistil; borne in long pendulous racemes. A medium-sized tree that flowers in a leafless state, strikingly beautiful when in bloom.