What is "canafistula"

canafistola \canafistola\, canafistula \canafistula\n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree ( Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.

Syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola.

n. deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia [syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola, Cassia fistula]