Habitat

Habit  & Habitat:  A medium sized deciduous tree distributed in Cuddapah district in Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka upto 900 m.

Ecology: Occurring in dry deciduous forest.

• Large deciduous tree

• Bark deeply cleft into rectangular plates, wood dark-red.

• Leaves 3-foliolate

• Leaflets ovate, rounded at both ends, slightly emarginated, apprised.

• Grey hairy below.

• Flowers yellow in axillary and terminal racemes.

• Standard ovate.

• Pod sub orbicular, style brought near to the basal corner, narrowly winged, 1-seeded.

• Blooms once in a year during dry season from late March to late May

Source: Propagation And Agrotechnology status Of Commercially Important Medicinal Plant Species Of The Project Area Of Andhra Pradesh Community Forest Management Project Prepared For Andhra Pradesh Forest Department By D.K.Ved Sumy Oommen, Archna Singh, Foundation For Revitalisation Of Local Health Traditions (Frlht), July 2002.