| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Leguminosae |
| Common Name | Dividivi |
| Origin | S.America |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Pod. Seed weight: 4,200 to 1,700 seeds/kg (Kindt et al., 1997; Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Dividivi (Malayalam), Divi divi (English) (Chacko et al.,2002). Inkimaram (Tamil), Divi- divi (Telungu). Flowering season: May to June (Troup,1921);September to October. Sweet-scented flowers appear at intervals in summer and rains which are visited by numerous bees and butterflies (Bose et al., 1998). Fruiting season: August or cold season (Troup, 1921). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: 60 to 80 (Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: By seeds. |
| Botanical Features | Trees, branchlets warty. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules minute; rachis 5.5-9.5 cm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; pinnae 8-16 pairs, subopposite, 3-6 cm long, slender, pubescent; leaflets 24-44, sessile, opposite or subopposite; lamina 0.8-1 x 0.2-0.4 cm, oblong, base oblique, cordate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, punctate, membranous; lateral nerves obscure. Flowers bisexual, creamy, 8 mm across, in axillary and terminal panicles to 6 cm long; fruit a pod, 3 x 2 cm; twisted; seeds 6 x 4.5 mm, oblong, flattened. |
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