Family: CaesalpinaceaeDistribution: Limited to Peninsular India ; Common in scrub forests especially on the dry hill slopes.Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore district. Armed straggling shrubs, prickles recurved, Leaves 8-10cm,long, pinnate, leaflets 8-10pairs, 0.5-1.0x0.2-0.5cm, oblong, obovate, sessile,flowers 0.6-1.0cm white, with pinkishtinge, Pods pnk,3-4x1-1.2cm oblong samariod. 1-seededReference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
Family: CaesalpinaceaeArmed straggling shrubs, prickles recurved. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets 8-10pairs, Flowers 0.6-1cm long, white with pinkish tinge, in 6-10cm long lax racemes, pedicells long, bracts subulate, calyx tube short, cup shaped, persistent, 5, the lowest longest, Corolla 5, clawed, as long as calyx lobes, Stamens 10, free, all fertile, filaments villous,Ovary sessile 1 ovuled, style subulate, stigma dilated. Photographed at Eastren ghats of Nellore district.Another image with pods is in this photostream Reference: Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana & A.S.Rao.Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS
