Adenanthera pavonina L. | |
Fabaceae | |
Aanai Kundumani | |
| Botanical Name | Adenanthera pavonina L. |
| Synonyms | Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.; Adenanthera polita. Miq. |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Common Name | English : Peacock flower fence / Tamil : Aanai kundumani |
| Distribution | Global : India, South East China, Malaysia, Brazil. Indian : Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,Karnataka. |
| Description | Large deciduous tree up to 15m tall. Trunk with pale pinkish grey bark. Pinnately compound leaf with 2-6 pairs of pinna, leaflets sessile, alternate, margins slightly curved backwards, base unequal. Inflorescence axillary and terminal raceme. Flower pedicellate, calyx 5, gamosepalous, corolla pale yellow, united at the base. Stamens 10, free, hardly exserted, anthers with a gland at the tip. Fruit a pod, curved, becomes coiled after dehiscence. Seeds many, bright red in color, like beads. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | March -June / May - August |
| Uses | Nitrogen fixation, soap making, Timber, fire wood and young leaves used as a vegetable. |
| Medicinal Uses | Used as antibacterial, treat leprosy, dysentery, diarrhoea and tonsillitis. |
| Tamil Name | Aanai Kundumani |
