| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Caesalpinioidae |
| Synonym | Hardwickia pinnata Roxb.ex DC. |
| Local Name | Kulavu |
| Local Name 2 | Kiyavu |
| Local Name 3 | Malabar Mahogany |
| Common Name | Chukennapayin |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark surface greyish-brown with green blotches, rough; blaze red; exuding a reddish sticky resin. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules minute, lateral, cauducous; rachis 10-15.2 cm, slender, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 5-9, alternate, estipellate; petiolule 5-10 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 4.5-10.5 x 2-4.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, falcate or oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-13, flowers bisexual, white, in axillary and terminal panicled racemes, fruit a pod, 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, ovate-ellipsoid, turgid, obtusely beaked, prominently veined, dark brown, indehiscent; seed one, pendulous. |
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