Family - Fabaceae
Synonyms - Batschia vahliana
Vernacular names - Aattuvanchi, Karappongu, Korathi, Kurappunna
Habit - Tree
Habitat - Along river banks in semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
Distribution - Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)
Flowering and Fruiting - February-April
Key Identification Features - These trees grow 8-20 meters tall. Their pinnate leaves with leaflets with a narrow ovate-oblong or elliptic shape. Stipules are ovate and acute at the apex. The racemes are axillary with a brown-velvety rachis. The flowers are white. Calyx lobes are brown-villous, and there are 5 glabrous petals. Stamens have red filaments. The tomentose ovary produces oblong-elliptic pods, containing 3-4 seeds.
Uses - It is a Medicinal plant
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