| Scientific Name | Cassia fistula L. |
| Trade Name | Rajbrikh |
| Local Name | Kanikkonna |
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Tree Size | Small to medium |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 8 - 15 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 40 |
| Tree Distribution | Southern dry mixed deciduous,Moist teak bearing and Southern moist mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Fairly distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Whitish buff |
| Heartwood Colour | Yellowish red |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.74 |
| Weight | Heavy to very heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 833 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight to slightly interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Rather distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary or in radial multiples of two to three,rarely in clusters of 3; filled with yellowish gummy deposits |
| Vessel Diameter | 100 - 170 140 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 240 - 420 420 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Elliptical |
| Pit Size | Large(8-11 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline elliptical |
| Ray Nature | Fine to moderately broad,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 1-3 cell seriate,homogeneous,wholly made up of procumbent cells |
| Ray Number | 7 - 11 |
| Ray Height | 220 - 470 300 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled,septate; minute pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 960.7 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 118000 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1306.5 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 161300 |
| Uses | Building construction, plough handles, wheels and shafts of carts, tool handles and charcoal, agricultural implements, bridges, piles & posts, constructional purposes, wooden mallet and carving. |
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