Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Caesalpinia | Species: Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. |
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| Synonym | Guilandina bonduc L.. Guilandina bonducella L.. Caesalpinia bonducella (L.). C.crista | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Nicker Nut, Febrifuge Nut, Bel Karanjwa, Kazharchikaai, Fever Nut, Sea Pearl, Molucca Bean, Gajjakkaai, Bonduc Nut,Karaunjee, Kurudugejika | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Bonduc nut, Fever-Nut, Physic nut, Fever Nut, Physic-Nut | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Putikaranj, Gajga, Kat-karanj, Kat-kaleji, Pattil, Kat Karanj, Putik, Panshul | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1000m. | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Pods broadly oblong, 5-7.5 × 4 cm, prickly, dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. Seeds large, round, 1.8 cm diam., grey; testa very hard. |
| Habitat | Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Throughout India, Paleotropics | Bark Details | Bark is greenish brown in colour and prickly also hard wooded. Blaze odour resembles that of fresh beans. Pith white quite large in diameter. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Large climber with straight or recurved prickles; branchlets fulvous hairy. Stipules large, persistent, compound or pinnatifid, foliaceous; rachis prickly; pinnae 6-8-pairs; leaflets ca. 8 pairs, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong or ovate-oblong, 1.2-3 ×1.2-1.6 cm, obtuse or acute, mucronate, glabrous or pubescent beneath, base rounded to cuneate; petiolule ca. 1 mm. Flowers yellow, ca 1.8 cm across, in simple, usually supra-axillary, very elongate racemes; the lower flowers only fertile; bracts long linear, reflexed over the buds, 1.5-1.8 cm long, deciduous. Petals small, erect, marked with orange. Pods broadly oblong, 5-7.5 × 4 cm, prickly, dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. Seeds large, round, 1.8 cm diam., grey; testa very hard. | Leaf Details | Stipules large, persistent, compound or pinnatifid, foliaceous; rachis prickly; pinnae 6-8-pairs; leaflets ca. 8 pairs, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong or ovate-oblong, 1.2-3 ×1.2-1.6 cm, obtuse or acute, mucronate, glabrous or pubescent beneath, base rounded to cuneate; petiolule ca. 1 mm. |
