Golden Shower Tree, Costa Rica


🔍 Golden Shower Tree | Cassia fistula 🌼

📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

💬 A beautiful tree well known in Costa Rica for its striking yellow color. Being a legume, it typically contributes nitrogen to the soil, enriching it… which is why this type of tree is planted near agricultural crops.

Also Known as:

Shower of gold, Golden rain, Pudding pipe tree, Indian laburnum, Purging cassia, Golden shower, Casse-habitant, Purging fistula

Plant Type:

Tree

Lifespan:

Perennial

Ultimate Height:

15 m

Ultimate Spread:

12 m

Native Habitat:

India, Bangladesh and Japan

Published by Carlos Morales

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Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Management Information Systems, graduated in 2011 from Harding University, Arkansas, United States. My favorite hobby: Photography!

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