Family:
Fabaceae
Synonym: Hardwickia pinnata Roxb. ex DC., Kingiodendron pinnatum (Roxb. ex DC.)
Harms
Vernacular
name: Kodapalla
Habit:
Trees
Habitat:
Evergreen forests
Distribution:
Western Ghats
Flowering and Fruiting: April- August
Key identification features:
Evergreen trees with dark brown bark. Leaves alternate, odd- pinnate; Flowers
small, in axillary and terminal dense racemes arranged in panicles, white.
Fruit a pod, obovate, woody, dark brown. Seed solitary, compressed.
Uses:
Wood
dark red or reddish brown with a sticky resin, used for beams, rafters,
battens, ceiling boards, flooring and furniture.
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