Bark
Generally pale grey to pinkish-grey or brownish-grey; young branches are usually glabrous.
Adenanthera pavonina
Syn. Adenanthera gersenii
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Red Sandalwood (English)
- Tamraka (Sanskrit)
- Badigumchi (Gujarati)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Fabaceae
20m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young, turning yellow when old.
Flower
The small, yellowish flower grows in dense drooping rat-tail flower heads, almost like cat-tail flower-heads.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruits are curved, hanging, green pods that turn brown, coil up and split open as they ripen to reveal small bright red seeds.
Did you know?
In ancient India, its uniform-sized seeds were also used as standard weights for measuring gold. Also, have long been used as beads for jewellery.
Distribution
Tropical Asia to N. Australia, Tanzania, Venezuela