Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Adenanthera pavonina ad-en-AN-ther-uh -- from the Greek aden (gland) and anthera (anther) pav-ON-ee-nuh -- meaning, like a peacock commonly known as: acacia coral, barbados pride, coral bean tree, false wiliwili, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood, saga seed tree • Assamese: raktchandan • Bengali: রঞ্জন ranjana • Gujarati: બડી ગુમ્ચી badigumchi • Hindi: बड़ी गुम्ची badi gumchi, कुचन्दन kuchandana, रक्तचन्दन raktchandan, रंजना ranjana, रतनगुंज ratangunja • Kannada: ane golaganji, manjadi, munjuti • Konkani: होडी मंजोटी hodi manjoti, गूंज gunja, ओडलि गुंजी odlygunji • Malayalam: mancati, manchadi, sem • Marathi: रक्तचंदन raktachandana, रतनगुंज ratangunja, थोरला गुंज thorla gunja • Oriya: sokakainjo • Sanskrit: रक्तचन्दन raktachandana, ताम्रक tamraka, तिलक tilakah • Tamil: மஞ்சாடி manjati, திலம் tilam • Telugu: బండిగురువెంద bandiguruvenda, పెద్దగురుగింజ peddaguruginja Native of: India.. sweet-fragrant, pale yellow to orange flowers grows in dense drooping cat-tail flower heads.. the racemes are 5 - 15 cm long, panicled at the end of the branches. References:
Flowers of India •
PIER species info •
Zipcode Zoo. Date: 12 February 2008, 07:31. Source:
Adenanthera pavonina. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.
