What are the yellow flowers hanging down in bunches?

Sausage tree flowers

Sausage tree (scientific name: Cassia fistula? L.): It is a plant of the genus Cassia in the Fabaceae family. Deciduous tree, up to 15 meters high; branches slender; bark gray, rough when old, dark brown. The leaves are 30-40 cm long, with opposite leaflets, thin leathery, broadly ovate, ovate or oblong, with entire edges. When young, they are puberulent on both sides, and when old, they are hairless. The veins are slender and obvious on both sides. . The racemes are 30 cm or longer, scattered and drooping; the flowers and leaves open at the same time, about 4 cm in diameter; the petals are yellow, obovate, nearly equal in size, and have obvious veins. The pods are cylindrical, 30-60 cm long, dark brown, indehiscent, and grooved; 40-100 seeds separated by diaphragms. The flowering period is from June to August; the fruiting period is from October.

It is cultivated in various provinces and regions in southern and southwestern China. Native to India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. This species is a common garden ornamental tree in the South. Its bark has tannins and can be used as a red dye. The roots, bark, pulp and seeds can also be used medicinally as a laxative. The wood is strong and heavy, has strong decay resistance and beautiful luster. It can be used as pillars, bridges, vehicles, agricultural tools and other materials. The sausage tree is the national flower of Thailand.

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Chinese name

Dachshund tree

Alias

Abel, horn tree, Persian Honey locust