| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruit a pod, linear-falcate, torulose, follicular, with spongy packing between seeds, seeds 2-5, dark reddish-brown, subreniform |
| Distribution |
India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand And Vietnam |
Bark Details |
Bark Grey, Corky, Deeply Cracked; Branchlets Tomentose |
| Description of Species |
Deciduous trees,up to 10 m high. Bark grey, corky. Leaves trifoliate, alternate, stipules lateral, lanceolate; leaflets, rhomboid-ovate, base deltoid or truncate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire or sinuate. Lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, pinnate. Flowers bisexual, about 4 cm long, bright scarlet, in axillary and terminal racemes. Calyx tube about 5 mm long, campanulate. Corolla exserted. Petals 5, standard oblong. Fruit a pod, linear-falcate, torulose, follicular, with spongy packing between seeds, seeds 2-5, dark reddish-brown, subreniform |
Leaf Details |
Leaves Trifoliate, Alternate; Stipules About 5 Mm Long, Lateral, Lanceolate. Rachis 7.5-12.5 Cm Long, Stout, Puberulent, Pulvinate, Petiolule Upto 10 Mm. Stipels Gland Like, Leaflets 15-10 X 5.5-12 Cm, Rhomboid-ovate |