Amaltas

Description :

This native of India, commonly known as Amaltas, is one of the most beautiful of all tropical trees when it sheds its leaves and bursts into a mass of long, grape-bunches like yellow gold flowers. A tropical ornamental tree with a trunk consisting of hard reddish wood, growing up to 40 feet tall. The wood is hard and heavy; it is used for cabinet, inlay work, etc. It has showy racemes, up to 2" long, with bright, yellow, fragrant flowers. These flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The fruits are dark-brown cylindrical pods, also 2' long, which also hold the flattish, brown seeds (up to 100 in one pod) These seeds are in cells, each containing a single seed. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree. 

                        

Details :

Botanical Name : Cassia Fistula

Family Name : Caesulpinaceae

Common Name : Fistula, Laburnum, Purging Fistula, Golden Shower, Amaltas,Indian-Laburnum, Pudding Pipe Tree

Bengali Name : sondal

Cantonese Name : kakke

English Name: golden shower, Indian laburnum, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia, purging fistula

French Name : Bâton casse, Casse doux, Casse espagnole,Casse fistuleuse

Hindi Name : amaltas, bandarlathi

Urdu Name :Amaltas

Malay Name : Bereksa, rajah kayu, tengguli

Spanish Name : Canâfístula mansa, Chácara, Guayaba cimarrona

Tamil Name : Konnai, sarak-konne, tiru kontai

Thai Name : Chaiyaphruek, khuun

Telugu Name : Rela
Kannada Name : Phalus
Marathi Name : Bahva
Gujarathi Name : Garmalo
Punjabi Name : Girdanali
Manipuri: Chahui
Nepali Name: Rajbrikksha
Thai Name :Chaiyaphruek
Spanish Name : Caña fistula, Cañafístola cimarron
Mexican Name :Cañafístula de Castilla
Sinhalese Name :Aehaela-gaha, Ahalla-gass, Ehala
Russian Name :Кассия фистула
Portuguese Name :Canafista, Cássia, Cássia-brasiliana
Persian Name: Khiyarchanbar
Nepalese Name:Raj brichhya, Rajbriksya
Italian Name: Cassia, Cassia fistola, Fistola della cassia
Japanese Name:Nanban saikachi ,Nanban saikachi
German Name :  Fistelkassie, Indischer Goldregen, Purgierkassie,Röhrenkassie
Burmese Name :  Mai lum, Ngu., Ngu sat
Arabic Name :Khiār shambar

Part Used : Fruits, Bark

Medicinal Properties:

Roots are astringent, cooling, purgative, febrifuge and tonic

Bark is laxative, anthelmintic, and emetic, febrifuge, diuretic and depurative

Fruits are cooling, purgative, carminative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and ophthalmic. 

Medicinal Uses : 

• Roots are astringent, cooling, purgative, febrifuge and tonic. 
• It is useful in skin diseases, burning sensations and syphilis. Bark is laxative, anthelmintic, emetic, febrifuge, diuretic and depurative. 
• It is useful in boils, leprosy, ringworm affection, colic, dyspepsia, constipation, diabetes, strangury and cardiac problems. Leaves are laxative, antiperiodic and depurative. 
• It is useful in skin diseases, burning sensation, dry cough and bronchitis. Fruits are sweet, cooling, purgative, carminative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and ophthalmic. 
• It is used in flatulence, colic, dysentery, inflammations and intermittent fever. 
• It is also used in cardiac disorders, strangury, opthalmopathy and general debility. 
• Pulp from fruits called "Cassia Pulp" is a well known Laxative. Bark of tree is rich in tannins. Flowers are bitter, acrid, cooling, emollient, purgative and are useful in vitiated condition of pitta, burning sensation, leprosy and skin diseases. It is also useful in cardiac disorders, intermittent fever and general debility.
• Cold/ hot infusion of It is recommended in constipated bowel.
• It benefits a lot in skin diseases especially involving the itching conditions.
• It supports the digestive system and often recommended in loss of appetite, indigestion and flatulence.
• It is recommended in skin diseases especially involving the itching conditions.
• Therapeutic power of It gets reduced by boiling so instead of decoction cold or hot infusion of It are recommended. 
• It is also useful in fever. Both powder as well as the hot infusion of It are useful for it.
• It also alleviates undue stress from the heart resulting from digestive disturbance.

                                

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