| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Synonym | Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.var.sissoides (Wight & Arn.) Baker |
| Local Name | Veeti |
| Local Name 2 | Eeti |
| Local Name 3 | Chelaveeti |
| Trade Name | Malabar blackwood |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, to 30 m high, bark 15-20 mm thick, surface grey to pale brown, smooth, exfoliations small, irregular; fibrous; blaze concentrically striated, yellow, turning to yellowish-brown. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; rachis 5-15 cm, slender, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 5-11, alternate, estipellate; petiolule 6-10 mm, slender; lamina 3-7.5 x 2-6 cm, elliptic-obovate, orbicular or obovate, base cuneate or acute, apex acute, obtuse or retuse, margin entire, membranous; lateral nerves 4-12 pairs, pinnate, ascending, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 7-8 mm long, in loose terminal panicles; calyx campanulate, glabrous; lobes 5, subequal; petals 5; standard petal cuneate at base, reflexed, keel petals hastate; stamens 9, monadelphous, filaments alternately longer and shorter; ovary stipitate,inferior,1-celled, ovule 1-few; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod 5-7.5 x 1-1.2 cm, tapering to both ends, oblong, stipitate; seeds 2-4, reniform, pale brown. |