(சரக்) கொன்றை Cassia fistula, Linn.; Caesalpiniaceae
பொன்னினார் கொன்றை யிருவடங்கிடந்து பொறிகிளர் பூணநூல் புரள மின்னினார் உருவின் மிளிர்வதோர் அரவம் மேவுவெண்ணீறுமெய் பூசித் துன்னினார் நால்வர்க் கறம்அமர்ந் தருளித் தொன்மையார் தோற்றமுங்கேடும் பன்னினார் போலும் பந்தணை நல்லூர் நின்றயெம் பசுபதியாரே.
. - திருஞானசம்பந்தர்.
திருத்துறையூர், திருப்புத்தூர் திருப்பந்தணை நல்லூர், திருஅச்சிறுபாக்கம், திருச்சாத்தமங்கை, திருஅஞ்சைக்களம் திருத்தினைநகர், திருச்சோபுரம், திருஅதிகை, திருமாணிகுழி , திருவெண்காடு , திருக்கோலக்கா , திருக்கண்ணார் கோயில் , திருமணஞ்சேரி , திருக்கோவலூர் வீரட்டம், திரு ஆக்கூர் (தான்தோன்றிமாடம்) முதலிய பதினைந்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட திருக்கோயில்களில் தலமரமாக கொன்றை விளங்குகிறது. வன்னிக்கு அடுத்தபடியாக அதிகமான திருக்கோயில்களில் தலமரமாக அமைந்துள்ளது.
நீள் சதுரமான கூட்டிலைகளையும் சரஞ்சரமாய்த் தொங்கும் பளிச்சிடும் மஞ்சள் நிறப் பூங்கொத்துகளையும் நீண்ட உருளை வடிவக் காய்களையும் உடைய இலையுதிர் மரமாகும். தமிழகமெங்கும் இயற்கையாக வளர்கிறது.
பட்டை, பூ, வேர், காய் ஆகியவை மருத்துவப் பயனுடையதாக விளங்குகிறது.
இம்மரத்தின் மருத்துவக் குணங்கள், நோய் நீக்கி உடல் தேற்றும்; காய்ச்சல் தணிக்கும்; மல மிளக்கும், வாந்தியுண்டாக்கும்; உடல் தாதுக்களை அழுகாமல் தடுக்கும். பூ வயிற்று வாயு அகற்றும்; நுண்புழுக்களைக் கொல்லும்.
Name | Indian Laburnum Tree |
Family | Fabaceae |
SubFamily | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus | Cassia |
Species | Fistula |
Authority | L. |
Type | Nearly Evergreen |
Common Family | Gulmohar |
Native | India |
Size | Large |
Wiki | wikipedia |
Links | flowersofindia ars-grin theplantlist |
Language Common | purging fistula, pudding-pipe tree |
Language Hindi | amaltas, girmala, alash, ali |
Description | This native of India, commonly known as Amaltaas, is one of the most beautiful of all tropical trees when it sheds its leaves and bursts into a mass of long, grape-bunches like yellow gold flowers. A tropical ornamental tree with a trunck consisting of hard reddish wood, growing up to 40 feet tall. The wood is hard and heavy; it is used for cabinet, inlay work, etc. It has showy racemes, up to 2" long, with bright, yellow, fragrant flowers. These flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The fruits are dark-brown cylindrical pods, also 2' long, which also hold the flattish, brown seeds (up to 100 in one pod) These seeds are in cells, each containing a single seed. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree. |
Medicinal uses | The sweet blackish pulp of the seedpod is used as a mild laxative. |
Where | Easwar Nagar, 15th Cross Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore |
Color | Yeeloowish |
Texture | Almost smooth |
Color | bright yellow |
Season | Mar-Apr |
Shape | cylindrical pipes |
Color | green turning black |
Type | paripinnate |
Size | 45 cm |
Leaflet Numbers | 4-8 pairs |
Indian Laburnum Tree - Flower Bud 1
Name | Orange Peacock Flower Tree |
Family | Fabaceae |
SubFamily | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus | Caesalpinia |
Species | Pulcherrima |
Authority | (L.) Sw. |
Type | Nearly Evergreen |
Common Family | Gulmohar |
Size | Small |
Wiki | wikipedia |
Links | flowersofindia ars-grin theplantlist |
Description | This beautiful treelet, whose place of origin is unknown, is sometimes called Dwarf Poinciana due to the resemblence of its flowers and leaves to those of Gulmohar. They are botanically related but Peacock flower plant grows only to a height of about 3 meters, retains its leaves throughout the year, and blooms continuously. Flowers, which appear in clusters on long erect stems, are smalled than those of Gulmohar and have exceptionally long stamens and a prominent pistil which protrudes from the center. The most common color is red-orange, but one variety has pure yellow flowers. |
Where | National Games Village, Koramangala, Bangalore |
Color | Grey |
Color | Orange |
Season | Apr-Dec |
Shape | Pod |
Color | green |
Type | bipinnate |
Orange Peacock Flower Tree - Flower Bud
Name | Orange Peacock Flower Tree |
Family | Fabaceae |
SubFamily | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus | Caesalpinia |
Species | Pulcherrima |
Authority | (L.) Sw. |
Type | Nearly Evergreen |
Common Family | Gulmohar |
Size | Small |
Wiki | wikipedia |
Links | flowersofindia ars-grin theplantlist |
Description | This beautiful treelet, whose place of origin is unknown, is sometimes called Dwarf Poinciana due to the resemblence of its flowers and leaves to those of Gulmohar. They are botanically related but Peacock flower plant grows only to a height of about 3 meters, retains its leaves throughout the year, and blooms continuously. Flowers, which appear in clusters on long erect stems, are smalled than those of Gulmohar and have exceptionally long stamens and a prominent pistil which protrudes from the center. The most common color is red-orange, but one variety has pure yellow flowers. |
Where | National Games Village, Koramangala, Bangalore |
Color | Grey |
Color | Pink |
Season | Apr-Dec |
Shape | Pod |
Color | green |
Type | bipinnate |
Shape | Curved |
Info | single |
Pink Peacock Flower Tree - Flower Bud
Name | Yellow Peacock Flower Tree |
Family | Fabaceae |
SubFamily | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus | Caesalpinia |
Species | Pulcherrima forma flava |
Authority | (O. Deg.) H. St. John |
Type | Nearly Evergreen |
Common Family | Gulmohar |
Size | Small |
Wiki | wikipedia |
Links | flowersofindia ars-grin theplantlist |
Description | This beautiful treelet, whose place of origin is unknown, is sometimes called Dwarf Poinciana due to the resemblence of its flowers and leaves to those of Gulmohar. They are botanically related but Peacock flower plant grows only to a height of about 3 meters, retains its leaves throughout the year, and blooms continuously. Flowers, which appear in clusters on long erect stems, are smalled than those of Gulmohar and have exceptionally long stamens and a prominent pistil which protrudes from the center. The most common color is red-orange, but one variety has pure yellow flowers. |
Where | Along ASC Wall, Old Airport Road, Bangalore |
Color | Grey |
Color | Yellow |
Season | Apr-Dec |
Color | Green |
Type | bipinnate |
Shape | Curved |
Info | single |
Yellow Peacock Flower Tree - Flower Bud 1