When the tree is in full flower it is very superb, and equally as singular when its beauty has faded and the seed-pods are formed.

These grow to a length of from two to three feet, and when ripe are perfectly black, round, and about three-quarters of an inch in diameter.

The tree has the appearance of bearing, a prolific crop of ebony rulers, each hanging from the bough by a short string.
There is another species of cassia fistula, the foliage of which assimilates to the mimosa.

This bears a thicker, but much shorter, pod, of about a foot in length.

The properties of both are the same, being laxative.