Cassia fistula


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Noun1.Cassia fistula - deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinallyCassia fistula - deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
cassia - any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
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These include olive plants, moringa plants, kachnar, cassia fistula, plum, pear, apricot, fig, arjan etc.'
From Dharampura to Ferozpur road, 500 saplings of Neem and 500 plants of Cassia fistula (Amaltas) had been planted.600 amaltas, 500 mango and 500 of Gulmohar plants had been planted from Ferozpur road to Jinnah underpass, respectively.One thousand plants of Amaltas had been planted from Jinnah underpass to Thokar Niaz Baig besides 1,400 plants of Jambolan.
Cassia fistula trees draping golden flowers have beautified many parts of Kaohsiung City, presenting themselves as the most eye-catching landscape in the southern port city.
During the drive, pine, golden shower (Cassia Fistula), orange, peach and loquats will be planted.
These trees clean the air from basic pollutants and comprise such indoor species as weeping fig, asltonia scholaris, golden pothos, cassia fistula, jacaranda mimosifolia, spider and snake plants.
The 'Ambaltas' or Cassia Fistula lining our side lawn with its masses of yellow flowers, was a sight for sore eyes and its fruit a potent laxative, while its branches were ideal for honeycombs, which provided us with honey.
Cassia fistula contains a rich source of tannin which has antimicrobial activity against various human pathogens (24).
The experiments were set up to investigate the settling and ovipositional deterrent effects of crude leaf extracts of six indigenous plants viz., amaltas (Cassia fistula), datura (Datura alba), neem (Azadirachta indica), niazboo (Ocimum basilicum), yellow kaner (Thevetia peruviana) and safeda (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) against the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders), at 2% concentration in a free choice bioassays.
The bronze 'urali' is a flat, wide-mouthed traditional vessel, in which is kept raw rice, a traditional cloth, gold, silver, money, yellow cucumber, coconut, fruits and the traditional Konna flowers (Cassia fistula that usually bloom during this period).
Forest species such as Cassia fistula, Pongamia pinnata, Tectona grandis, and Jatropha curcas represent major groups of antimicrobial agents, which consist of active phytochemical constituents and can be used as antimicrobial agents for applying special finishes on textiles.