Description : Seeds gave galactomannan free sugars and free amino acids; extract laxative, carminative, cooling and antipyretic properties.
Flowers gave ceryl alcohol, kaempferol, rhein and a bianthraquinone glycoside, fistulin.
Leaves gave free rhein, its glyc
Botanical Name : Cassia fistula
Active Ingredient : Pulp of the pod contains anthraquinone glycosides, sennosides A and B, rhein and its glucoside, barbaloin, aloin, formic acid, butyric acid, their ethyl esters and oxalic acid, pectin and tannin.
Uses : Flowers and pods— purgative, febrifugal, astringent, antibilious. Seed powder—used in amoebiasis.
English Name : Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Golden Shower