| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Local Name | Venga |
| Trade Name | Bijasal |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Pod. Seed weight: 1587 to 1940 fruits/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937; Luna, 1996; Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Venga (Malayalam), Vengai (Tamil), Benga, Honne (Kannada), Bijasal, Murgasal (Chacko et al., 2002), Bija, Bijasar, Bijasal (Hindi) (Bose et al., 1998 ) Flowering season: May-August / June-September, July to October (Bose et al., 1998). Fruiting season: Ripens in December-March (Bourdillon, 1908), February to May (FRI, 1983; Luna, 1996; Chacko et al., 2002). Germination type: Epigeous (FRI,1983; Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: Up to 97 (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: By seeds and vegetative method. |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, bark surface grey or greyish-black, rough, deeply vertically cracked, exfoliations small, irregular, fibrous; blaze pink; exudation blood-red. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; rachis 6.5-11.1 cm long, slender, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 5-7, alternate, estipulate; petiolule 6-10 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 3.5-12.5 x 2-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblong-ovate or oblong, base obtuse or acute, apex obtuse and emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-20 pairs, parallel, prominent, ascending, secondary laterals prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent, flowers yellow, in terminal and axillary panicles; fruit a pod, 2.5-5 cm across, orbicular-reniform, broadly winged; seed one. |
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