| Author : L. |
| Family : Caesalpiniaceae |
| Habit: Medium tree |
| Sanskrit: Aaragvadah, Krtamalah |
| English: Indian laburnum, Purging fistula, Golden shower, Purging cassia, Riding pipe |
A deciduous, medium sized tree that looks very beautiful in full bloom, with smooth, yellowish-brown bark, reddish inside, 20-40 cm long leaves, oblong or oblong-ovate, acuminate leaflets with obtuse or rounded base, 4-6 pairs, bright yellow flowers in long drooping racemes and oblong, woody, terete, cylindrical pods containing many light brown, hard, smooth, shiny, biconcave seeds embedded in sweetish pulp.
Root, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, wood
skin diseases, tuberculous glands, syphilis, burning sensation, boils, pustules, leprosy, ringworm, fever, diabetes, ulcers, jaundice, piles, eczema, paralysis, brain affection, dry cough, bronchitis, tuberculosis, inflammation, cardiac disorders, general debility, pneumonia, blood-poisoning, dysentery, blood coagulation disorders, jaundice, stomachache, cancer, purgative
fistucacidine, barbaloin, rhein, fistulacacidin, leucoanthocyanidin, 3,4,7,8,4’-pentahydroxy flavan, leucoanthocyanidin-5,4’-dihydroxy flavan -3, 4-diol, proanthocyanidin, (-) epiafzelechin, (+) catechin, kaempferol, dihydrokaempferol, 1,8-dihydroxy-3 methylanthraquinone, sennosides A & B, lupeol, β-sitosterol, fistulic acid, ceryl alcohol, fistulin, kaempferol, kaempferol-3-B-glucoside, kaempferol-3-neohesperidoside, clitorin, amino acids, sugars, chrysophanic acid, emodin, epicatechin (-)-epiafzelechin, kaempfenol-3-neohesperidoside, phlobaphene, procyanidin