Bark
Dark brown, rough, fissured to scaly
Cynometra beddomei
IUCN Red List
Endangered
(EN)
Local name
- Beddome’s Cynometra (English)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Fabaceae
15m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Paripinnate, 2 - 3 pairs of asymmetric oblong-lanceolate leaflets
Flower
Small, white, in short axillary clusters/ racemes
Fruit / Seeds
Flat, indehiscent, kidney-shaped pod; 1 seed
Did you know?
Very slow-growing; endemic to Western Ghats. It was believed to be Extinct but has subsequently been rediscovered. Fewer than 200 mature individuals remain, and the species is under threat due to decline from the conversion of primary forest to secondary forest plantations.
Distribution
Endemic to the Western Ghats (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); low-elevation evergreen forest