Description: English: 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.. these brilliant red seeds are lens shaped, about ⅓ inch in diameter.. curiously similar in weight.. (4 seeds c. 1 gramme OR 1 seed c. 4 grains).. were once used as a standard measure of weighing gold, just as Abrus seeds.. Adenanthera seeds are twice as heavy as those of Abrus (which are smaller, has red and black hards seeds). References:
flowers of India Flowers of India] •
PIER species info •
Zipcode Zoo. Date: 9 December 2007, 17:04. Source:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91314344@N00/2097548267/. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.
