| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Mimosoidae |
| Synonym | Abarema subcoriacea (Thw.) Kosterm |
| Synonym_2 | Pithecellobium subcoriaceum Thw. |
| Local Name | Mazhavaka |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Unarmed trees, young parts rusty tomentose. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules; rachis 5-16 cm long, slender, tomentose, pulvinate; glands at the base on upperside; pinnae 3-12 pairs, opposite, 2.3-6.5 cm, slender, pubescent, gland one half way between each pair of pinnae; leaflets 14-50, sessile, opposite, stipels absent; glands in between each pair of leaflets; lamina 0.6-1 x 0.1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, oblong or oblong-trapezoid, base oblique, apex obtusely acute, mucronate; margin entire, flowers bisexual, greenish-white, arranged in 6 flowered globular spike, in terminal panicles 2.5 cm across; fruit a pod, 7-11 cm long, orange within, seeds 4-12, 5 mm across, black, compressed. |