| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Mimosoidae |
| Synonym | Mimosa xylocarpa Roxb. |
| Synonym_2 | Xylia dolabriformis |
| Local Name | Irul |
| Local Name 2 | Irumullu |
| Local Name 3 | Kadamaram |
| Local Name 4 | Pangal |
| Trade Name | Pynkado |
| Common Name | Irul |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Pod. Seed weight: 3,175 to 3,880 seeds/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937); 4000 seeds/kg (Luna, 1996; Chacko et al.,2002). Vernacular name: Kadamaram, Irul, Irumullu (Malayalam) (Sasidharan, 2004), Aruyapalam (Tamil), Soriva (Chacko et al., 2002), Jambu, Suria (Hindi) (Bose et al., 1998). Flowering season: March to April (Bose et al., 1998). Fruiting season: January to July (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). Mature in cold months (Bose et al., 1998; Ramesh, 2003). Germination type: Epigeal (FRI, 1983; Chacko et al.,2002). Germination percentage: 90, 70 to 99 (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al.,2002). Method of propagation: By seeds. The species is well regenerated from root suckers and coppices. |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees; bole often fluted; bark reddish-brown, mottled with white, rough, exfoliations irregular; brittle; blaze yellowish with pink tinge. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules small, free, lateral, deciduous; rachis 4-18 cm long, stout, glabrous, pulvinate, with an orbicular gland at tip; pinnae 2, opposite, even pinnate 8-30 cm, slender, glabrous; leaflets 4-18, opposite, estipellate, with a gland between each pairs; petiolule 3-5 mm, stout; lamina 5-33.5 x 2.5-6 cm, oblong-acuminate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse or acute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, flowers dull yellow, in axillary globose heads; fruit a pod 10-15 x 5-6 cm, flat, broadly falcate, woody, compressed, dehiscent, septate between the seeds; seeds 4-10, oblong, compressed, brown, shining. |
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