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Family: Caesalpiniaceae	Genus: Cassia	Species: Cassia fistula Linn.( अमलतास )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cassia excelsa Kunth, Cassia rhombifolia Roxb., Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Amaltas, Karaunla	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Golden Shower Tree, Indian Laburnum	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Amaltas	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up To 1200 M	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pod Up-to 2 Ft. Long, 1 In. Diam. Cylindrical, Smooth, Hard, Indehiscent, Dark-brown When Fully Ripe, Obscurely Transversely Ribbed And Transversely Fragile, Septate Into Numerous 1-seeded Cells
Habitat	Dry Deciduous Forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Nepal And South-east Asia	Bark Details	Bark Greenish-grey, Smooth Up-to Middle Age And At Maturity Exfoliating In Scales
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Tree, up to 20 m tall. Bark in young tree smooth and ash coloured becoming rough and dark brown in old. Stipules 1-2 mm long. Rachis glabrous. Leaves compound with 3-8 pairs of opposite leaflets, 6-10 (20) cm long. Flowers arranged in drooping racemes, each raceme Calyx hairy, ovate. Petals 5, obovate, blunt, distinctly veined. Fruit a pod, terete, glabrous, indehiscent, black glossy brown, 40-100 seeded.	Leaf Details	Leaves Compound 22.5-40 Cm Long, With 3-8 Pairs Of Opposite Leaflets, 6-10 (20) Cm Long

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