Physiology

 

Descriptions:

A deciduous medium-sized tree. Stem erect and dense, rounded crown. Bark blackish brown, exuding a copious red gum. Branchlets drooping, glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets three, rarely four or five, broadly ovate or orbicular, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, shiny and glabrous. Flowers yellow, bisexual, axillary, in simple or sparingly branched racemes and fragrant. Pods obliquely orbicular and flat. Seeds 1or 2, reddish-brown, with a smooth leathery testa.

 

Red Sanders Bark

 
     
   
 

Red Sanders Gums from Tree

 
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.

 

 

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