Adenanthera pavonina

Adenanthera pavonina L. (Syn. Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.; Adenanthera polita Miq.; Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.);
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ad-en-AN-ther-uh — from the Greek aden (gland) and anthera (anther)
pav-ON-ee-nuh — like a peacock
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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;
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Native of: India
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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week : Adenanthera pavonina from Arunachal_RKC_03_10112011:
Reposting the fotos of..
Adenanthera pavonina L.
Loc.: Khaari, E. Kameng distt., Arunachal Pradesh (ca 550 msl.)
Date: 24th May, 2009

This one belongs to Mimosaceae….

Fabaceae – Mimosoideae- week- Adenanthera pavonina from Coimbatore:

Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week_Adenanthera pavonina_RKC05_02012012:
Adenanthera pavonina L.
Loc.: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Fls. & Frts.: Apr.-Dec.

Fabaceae – Mimosoideae – Bangalore – RA – Adenanthera pavonina – Red Sandalwood Tree:
Red Sandalwood is a timber tree. This plant is found in the wild in India. Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young, turning yellow when old. The small, yellowish flower grows in dense drooping rat-tail flower heads, almost like cat-tail flower-heads. Fruits are curved, hanging, green pods that turn brown, coil up and split open as they ripen to reveal small bright red seeds.These attractive seeds have been used as beads in jewellery, leis and rosaries. They were also used in ancient India for weighing gold. The seeds are curiously similar in weight. Four seeds make up about one gramme. Children love the hard red seeds and few can resist collecting the brightly coloured seeds usually littered under the tree. The young leaves can be cooked and eaten. the wood is extremely hard and used in boat-building and making furniture

Nice pictures BUT this is not, I repeat this is not RED SANDAL”WOOD of Ayurvedic medicine and of HINDU WORSHIP requirements…that real RED SANDALWOOD is ” *Pterocarpus santalinus* A RARE TREE“…
((see these threads 1) AND 2)

MY POINTS IN THIS DISCUSSION:
1): Its a misnomer to call Adenanthera pavonina , a red sandalwood … such misnomers has helped traders cheat unwary customer who buys chunks for puja needs…
2): The wood of this tree when freshly cut is orangish reddish yellowish … and upon exposure to air for a few days.. turns darker ie gets oxidized , and so looks browish red… but has no faint scent nor the proper energy levels that the real red chandan displays… those of you who are spiritually inclined and know how to measure spiritual energy of an object or person or his/her chakras can do this.. even for a chunk of sandalwood or any wood… and you can try temples, pujari s and even so called self proclaimed gurus… see if they measure up ..:-)
3): Such misnomers are damaging to our tree population… I should know… some misguided soul, a morning walker (a rich trader in south calcutta ) heard me talk of this misnomer to a bunch of my friends when we were walking on a tree id walk, about 7 years ago… in Dhakuria lakes… and a week later he sent his wife on one of these walks (***) and then a week or two later half of the tree was gone and so was that woman (*** because she was new and nobody knew her nor had referred her to us/me, I had asked who referred her.. she said
her husband) .. and then …. we discovered the half of the tree gone… we lamented the fact, and we saw the cut (badly mangled ends of the “cut” hacks really… we did what a bunch of middle aged women can do… we complained to the security who shrugged, we tried talking to forest dept… who gave us no response, and so we just sat near the base of the tree and sang songs and said prayers for it to heal and keep growing… (*** (never saw her again, and he reappeared for morning walks a year later) !!! )(ps dont see him now in 2011 )… PS The tree has survivied and is growing, though lopsided)
4): SO THE QUESTION IS HOW TO GET RID OF SUCH MISNOMERS FROM OUR MIDST and LANGUAGE????
5): Its a popular tree to plant in Calcutta… there are several by the Iskon temple in central office area near camac street, south calcutta suburbs have several, and now one of my neighbors has planted one.. just is in flowers, no seed pods just yet.. Its red seeds sprout very readily .. I’ll send in the pictures of the saplings
in a separate thread…
6):    … : your pictures are marvelous as usual and the set is complete…almost….

I am very happy with such wrongly interpret names. Ask me why?
Because the real rakt-chandan or the red sandalwood is endemic to India found exclusively in Kerala and is considered Endangered. I will prefer people to use Adenanthera if it makes them happy, than destroying the plants of Pterocarpus in search of so caleld real happiness :).

thanks for expressing your viewpoint, honestly, i liked that fact…
The red sandal wood tree grows profusely once established, its seeds germinate with alacrity, see the links I sent in…
its also found in Andhra pradesh and see other links i gave…
but your point is well taken… that’ s a valid reason in prevailing winds …
i just get angry at millionaire traders who drive around benzes live around dhakuria lakes have no courage to talk to group leader and ask for advice… send wife in to collect info thru her own narrow and cloudy filters in her brain and then cause butchering of an innocent tree…
one must learn to protect adenanthera and pterocarpus equally…
EQUAL COMPASSION without sidestepping to play favorites or easing morality is the thing…. to cultivate ….
you’ll understand as you grow ..older wiser and see more of the world…
till then…. you are forgiven your viewpoint.. and remain a friend …

No mam, you understood it a bit half. To me Adenanthera has less value because its not native. Its an exotic tree where as Pterocarpus is an endemic tree and that too Endangered. The links you shared seems actually to be of planted ones.
A broad view will of course be to save each and every plant on earth, so I agree with you on that point.

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week: Adenanthera pavonina Pune: Adenanthera pavonina
Pune F.C. Road

Do you know why is it called Adenanthera….? its Aden-: gland + anthera: anther, refers to the anthers which bear minute glands at their tips…i dont know whether you are able to see it or not but it is there sending you a photo with the gland in a separate mail….

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week :: Adenanthera pavonina at Thane and Mumbai:
Adenanthera pavonina L.

Dec 9, 2007 … Hanging Gardens a.k.a. Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens, Mumbai
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
References: Flowers of India • PIER species info • Zipcode Zoo
more views: May 22, 2010 … at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
Jan 17, 2010 … at Bassein Fort, Maharashtra
Feb 12, 2008 … avenue tree in Thane, Maharashtra

A very good set of photographs … showing all the elements.

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (Mimosaceae) Week :: Adenanthera pavonina at Mumbai :
Sharing few photographs of Adenanthera pavonina photographed at Sagar Upwan, Mumbai.
Date/Time: 22-05-2011 / 07:45AM
Habitat: Cutivated
Plant Habit: Tree.

Very good pictures. I can see the glands near the anthers in IMG8088.

i am presently using a Canon camera- S5-IS. The Macro feature of this camera is excellent. It has a “Super- Macro” feature, meaning the focusing distance is near zero. It gives very good result if the light conditions are favorable. Its handy as well.

I agree … That was my intention of telling in my earier discussion on camera. You can really achieve very good closeup results with some of these prosumer cameras. In fact all parts remain in focus easily with these creating a good overall effect.

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wonders of seeds and stories ! : ……………………….

As … suggested this thread I remembered –

It is my pleasure to share few images of Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae)

Habit: Medium sized tree.

Habitat: Dry deciduous forest.

Sighting: Tumkur, Karnataka, about 800 msl
Date: 17-09-2014

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Fantastic, meticulous work …!!
Totally of a different kind !!

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Ferguson Road Pune 10 Oct 2009; BPT Garden, Colaba, Mumbai– April’10?; South 24 parganas, West Bengal;

Adenanthera pavonina – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Is it Adenanthera pavonia ? – efloraofindia | Google Groups
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they open up in April in ganges delta

Lovely post. Now flower would be nice add !

I do have its inflorescence in my earlier collection. I will post it soon.

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I have Adenanthera pavonina seeds.
Let me know how where to send.

Thank you … for your information which is quite helpful. We don’t want to buy it since our purpose is research and generating knowledge. Getting material through academic people is authentic and we can’t rely fully on traders. If you have access to Xylia seeds it would be nice to get it. I will bear the postage charges if any. I am happy that efloraofindia is a useful link for academic activity in the country because members are doing great jobs.

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[2023/Jan/08 ART 1] Is this Adenanthera pavonina?: 4 images.

ID looks good !

https://www.flowersofindia.Red%20Bead%20Tree.html

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/f/fabaceae/adenanthera/adenanthera-pavonina

Past discussions are interesting to read.

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Adenanthera pavonina L. :: Thane, Maharashtra :: Feb 12, 2008 · JUN23 DV535: 3 images.

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