| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Caesalpinioidae |
| Local Name | Attuvanchi |
| Local Name 2 | Karapongu |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, upto 18 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, dark brown mottled with white; blaze pink; internodes of the branchlets solid, terete, glabrous; Leaves paripinnate, alternate; stipules lateral, persistent, parallel veined, glandular, glabrous, appendages reniform, divergently veined, glandular, glabrous; rachis stout, obscurely winged, pulvinate, tomentose or not; leaflets 4-8, opposite, estipellate; lamina 10-25 x 3-6.4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, arched, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent, shallow depressed glands beneath. Flowers bisexual, white, 27-30 mm long, in many flowered, axillary brown velvety racemes; pedicel 5-6 mm long; bracts lanceolate, acute, villous on both surfaces, persistent; bracteoles 2; petals 5, 10-12 x 4 mm, obovate, shortly clawed, broadly rounded at apex, glabrous; stamens 5, perfect, alternating with 5 minute staminodes; anthers versatile; ovary 4-5 mm long, half inferior, obliquely linear, ovules 3-4; style , filiform, pilose at base, reddish; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod, 15-20 x 3.7-6 cm ; seeds 3-4 |