Appearance
The golden shower tree is a medium-sized tree, growing to 10–20 metres tall with fast growth. The leaves are deciduous, 15–60 centimetres long, pinnate with 3 to 8 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet 7–21 centimetres long and 4–9 centimetres broad.The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes 20–40 centimetres long, each flower 4–7 centimetres diameter with five yellow petals of equal size and shape. The fruit is a legume, 30–60 centimetres long and 1.5–2.5 centimetres broad, with a pungent odor and containing several seeds. The seeds are poisonous.
The tree has strong and very durable wood, and has been used to construct "Ahala Kanuwa", a place at Adams Peak, Sri Lanka, which is made of "Cassia fistula" heartwood.
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