Adenanthera pavonina L.
(Saga Pohon)
Picture 10. Adenanthera pavonina
(Hidayat
& Abdurrahman, 2017)
Classification
Kingdom : Plantae
Divisi :
Magnoliophyta
Class :
Magnoliopsida
Order :
Fabales
Family :
Fabaceae
Genus :
Adenanthera L.
Species : Adenanthera pavonina L.
Other Scientific Names
·
Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.
·
Adenanthera polita
Miq.
·
Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.
Description
Adenanthera pavonina is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, 6-15 m
tall and up to 45 cm diameter, depending on location; generally erect; bark
dark brown to greyish, the inner bark soft, pale brown, and the slash soft,
white and fibrous; crown spreading; multiple stems common, as are slightly
buttressed trunks in older trees, upper bole sometimes spirally fluted. Leaves
are very large, bipinnate with a large swollen pulvinus; 2-6 opposite or
sub-opposite pairs of pinnae, each with 8-21 alternate leaflets on short
stalks; leaflets 2-4.3 x 1 cm, oblong to ovate, with an asymmetric base and
blunt apex, dull green above, light green beneath, turning yellow with age.
Flowers in narrow spike like racemes, 12-15(-25) cm long; flowers fragrant,
small, petals 5, oblong or elliptic, cream or whites lightly connate at the
base, stamens 10, as long as the petals, the anthers tipped with minute glands.
Legumes linear, flattened, 15-22 x 1.3-1.5(-2) cm with slight constrictions between
seeds, dark brown, turning black upon ripening, leathery, dehiscent from top to
bottom by twisting valves to reveal 8-12 hard-coated, vivid scarlet seeds,
7.5-9 mm in diameter, lens shaped; seeds adhere to pod. Ripened fruits can
remain on the tree for long periods, sometimes until the following reproductive
season (Cabi, 2019).
Spot Character
Small red seeds
Distribution
Srilanka, South
Burma, Indo-China.
Benefit
Shade plant
Location
Outdoor TennisCourt and Zone 3 UPI Botanic Garden
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