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Cassia fistula
Like a golden chandelier (or a bunch of yellow grapes) hanging from bare brown branches or against a backdrop of delicate green just-emerging tender leaves...I love this summer-flowering tree and you can see why it is called Golden shower. Often seen in residential colonies lining roads.It has long hanging stick-like seed pods.
Residential colony. By the side of a road.
It is believed Rabindranath Tagore, Poet laureate of India gave it the name Amaltas but I am not so sure about that. Purging Cassia is easy to understand since the blackish pulp of the seedpod is used as a mild laxative. The long stick-like seedpods give it the name Bandar (monkey)-Lathi (stick) ...not sure again whether it means monkeys use it as a stick or these are sticks to beat monkeys with!! India has a postal stamp on this tree. Wilipedia says It is both the national tree and national flower of Thailand. It is the state flower of Kerala in India.
Spotted on Apr 22, 2019
Submitted on May 6, 2019
5 Comments
Thank you,Tukup....the green- yellow contrast is striking. Perhaps you won't believe it but green ...I mean the greenery of leaves....that's really lovely against a monsoon cloud laden sky .
@Neil..thanks..never seen Australian wattle in real life but the yellow is equally vivid...totally agree.
Great spotting Sukanya. Yellow really stands out against a background of solid green. Thanks.
There's nothing posh about wattle, but it is beautiful... and this is the same vivid yellow. There's a quote but I forget who said it, about when we pick a flower, it dies and ceases to be what we loved. Admire from afar is a better option for the flower at least. Take photos, leave footprints.....
Thanks Neil, totally agree...chandelier is so much posh-er!! But I suppose yellow grapes (if they exist) will be pretty exotic...seen only green and purple ones and large pink ones. This flower doesn't stay fresh when brought home. So I always admire it on the tree. From far like your Yellow Wattles, no?
A golden chandelier sounds so much more posh than a bunch of yellow grapes. But it doesn't matter because it looks gorgeous! A beautiful spotting, Sukanya, and I like the monkey stick story :)