Kanikkonna (Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന) is the
State Flower of Kerala.
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Cassia fistula L.
KASS-ee-uh -- from an ancient Greek name
kasia used by Dioscorides ...
Dave's Botanary
FIST-yoo-luh -- hollow (tube-like) ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: golden shower, Indian laburnum, purging cassia •
Arabic: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar •
Assamese: কৰ্ণিকাৰ kornikar, ৰাজবৃক্ষ rajobrkhyo, সোণাৰু shonaru • Bengali: বাঁদরলাঠি bandaralathi, সোনালী sonali, সোনালু sonalu • Gujarati: ગરમાળો garmalo • Hindi: अमलतास amaltas, सियार की लाठी siyar-ki lathi • Kannada: ಕಕ್ಕೆಮರ kakkemara, ಕೊಂದೆ konde • Konkani: बाळो balo • Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന kanikkonna, കൊന്ന konna • Manipuri: চহুঈ chahui • Marathi: अमलताश amaltash, बहावा bahava • Mizo: ngai-ngaw • Nepali: अमल्तास् amaltas, राजवृक्ष rajbrichhya •
Oriya: ସୁନାରି sunari •
Pali: इंदीवर indivara •
Persian: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar •
Punjabi: ਅਲੀਸ alis, ਅੰਬਲਤਾਸ ambaltas •
Sanskrit: आरग्वध aragvadha, कर्णिकार karnikara •
Tamil: சரக்கொன்றை cara-k-konrai, இதழி itali •
Telugu: కోలపొన్న kola ponna, రేల rela, శంపాకము shampakmu •
Tibetan: don ga •
Urdu: املتاس amaltas
Distribution: widely naturalized / cultivated in tropics; possible origin tropical Asia
References:
Flowers of India •
NPGS / GRIN •
Dave's Garden •
Wikipedia
