Fabaceae

Golden shower

Cassia fistula L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cassia

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Golden shower (Cassia fistula) — FlowerPhoto: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (56)

ace: Beuraksa
Arabic: خيار شنبر, بكبر هندي, خروب هندي, قثاء هندي
arz: خيار شنبر
Assamese: সোণাৰু
Azerbaijani: Borucuqlu səna
ban: Trengguli
Bangla: সোনালু, অমলতাস, বাঁদরলাঠি, সোনালী
Burmese: ငုပင်
Cantonese: 牛角樹
Catalan: Canyafístula
Chinese: 腊肠树, 豬腸豆, 阿勃勒, 阿勒勃, 婆罗门皂荚, 婆罗门皂荚叶, 波斯皂荚, 牛角树
Czech: Kasie obecná
Dutch: Indische goudenregen, Pijpkassia, Trommelstokkenboom
English: Golden shower, Golden rain, Indian laburnum, Purging cassia, Golden shower tree, Pudding-pipe tree
Finnish: Kultasadekassia
French: Canéficier, Canéfier, Casse, Cassier, Cytise indien, Douche d'or, Faux Caroubier, Faux Séné
German: Röhren-Kassie, Fisettkassie, Indischer Goldregen, Purgierkassie, Röhrenkassie
Gujarati: ગરમાળો
Haitian Creole: Kas zabitan
Hebrew: כסית האבוב
Hindi: अमलतास
hsb: Trubkojta kasija
Igbo: Golden rain, Golden shower, Indian laburnum, Pudding-pipe tree, Purging cassia
Indonesian: Tengguli
Japanese: ナンバンサイカチ
Javanese: Téngguli
Kannada: ಕೊಂದೆ, ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಗಿಡ
Konkani: बायो – Cassia fistula
Korean: 카시아, 라차프륵
lah: املتاس
Lao: ດອກຄູນ
lzh: 阿勒勃
mad: Kalobhur
Maithili: राजवृक्ष
Malay: Kayu raja
Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന, Kanikkonna, അരഗ്വധം, കടക്കൊന്ന, കണികൊന്ന, വിഷുക്കൊന്ന, സുവർണ്ണകം
Marathi: बहावा, बाहवा
Nepali: राजवृक्ष
Odia: ସୁନାରି, ସୁନାରି ଗଛ, ସୁନାରୀ ଗଛ
Pashto: چمبړخيال, املتاس, اميلتاس, امیلتاس, امېلتاس, جړانګو, جړانگو, لانډس
Persian: فلوس, درخت فلوس
Polish: Strączyniec cewiasty
Portuguese: Cássia-imperial, Canafístula, Cássia Imperial
Punjabi: ਅਮਲਤਾਸ
Russian: Кассия трубчатая
Sanskrit: अरग्वदवृक्षः
shn: တူၼ်ႈမႆႉလူမ်း
Sindhi: املتاس
Spanish: Caña fistula, Caña fístula, Ratchaphruek
Tamil: கொன்றை, கொன்றை மரம், சரக்கொன்னை, சரக்கொன்றை
tcy: ಕೊಂದೆ
Telugu: రేల, అరగ్వద
Thai: ราชพฤกษ์, คูน, กุเพยะ, ดอกคูน, ดอกราชพฤกษ์, ต้นคูณ, ต้นคูน, ต้นราชพฤกษ์
Tongan: Mafatakikoula
Urdu: املتاس
Vietnamese: Muồng hoàng yến, Bò cạp nước, Hoàng điệp, Muồng hoàng hậu, Điệp vàng

Synonyms

Bactyrilobium fistula (L.) Willd.
Cassia bonplandiana DC.
Cassia excelsa Kunth
Cassia fistula var. ovata DC.
Cassia fistuloides Collad.
Cassia rhombifolia Roxb.
Cathartocarpus excelsus G.Don
Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers.
Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don
Cathartocarpus rhombifolius (Roxb.) G.Don

Flowers

In flower: March to June (from 485 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Delonix, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hatem moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hatem moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Delonix, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.