Trees of Gulmohar Park : Laburnam


Laburnam

Scientific Name - Cassia Fistula 

Common Name - Amaltas , Indian Laburnam

Family Name - Caesalpiniaceae

Bark -  
  • Smooth, yellowish when young
  •  Young , coarsening with age 
  • Becomes ruddy or dark grey and crusty plates fall off like scabs 

Leaf - 
  • Feather compounded 
  • 45 cm long 
  • 4-8 pairs of large leaflets 
  • Young leaflets are silvered but faint down 
  • They become smooth and without gloss and they mature 


Flower - 
Fragrant bright yellow 
Drooping yellow sprays up to 60 cm long with oldest flowers first at the base 
The intensity of yellow varies 
 A flowers has 10 stamens of unequal length 
 Three longer ones are fertile

Fruit - 
  • Long cylindrical pipes up to 60 cm long 
  • Seeds are stored inside little compartments encased in a strong - smelling , sweetish pulp 
  • Ripe pods are black and fall whole to the ground . 

Range - 
Found along base of himalaya  and th
Growing Condition - 
  • Scattered tree of both dry deciduous and moist forests in India 
  • avoiding the most arid tracts 
  • Tolerates poor , shallow and rocky soils 
  • 75 - 190 cm of rainfall 
Uses
Legend
Location in Gulmohar Park

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