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Adenanthera pavonina L.

Synonym: Adenanthera gersenii Scheff., Adenanthera polita Miq.

MIMOSOIDEAE

Local Names :  മഞ്ചാടി, Circassian tree, Red Bead Tree, Saga Seed Tree.

Flowering Period : January to September.

Distribution : Sri Lanka, North East India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and China.

Uses: Ornamental plant, Anti-Inflammatory.

Exotic : Yes.

Adenanthera pavonina is a deciduous tree with grey to reddish-brown bark. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate. Leaflets alternate,with entire margin. Flowers; bisexual, pale yellow racemes, with campanulate calyx tube; petals 5, linear-lanceolate and glabrous. Stamens 10, free, filaments filiform. Ovary subsessile and flat. Style filiform with simple stigma. Fruit a pod, spirally coiled after dehiscence. Seeds are elliptic-lenticular, glossy and red in colour.