Pterocarpus indicus

Pterocarpus indicus Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 904, 1802; DC., Prodr. 2: 419, 1825; Beddome, Fl. Sylvt. T. 23, 1870; baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 238, 1876.

FAMILY: FABACEAE
Morphological characters:
Habit:- A tall tree with ascending branches.
Leaves:- Alternating pinnate leaves, petiolate, pulvinous base, 15-20 cm. long.
Leaflets:- 7-11, ovate, acute, 5-10 cm. long, entire margin, rounded or deltoid at the base, acuminate, glabrous.
Inflorescence:- In paniculate racemes, racemes terminal and axillary, clothed with fine brown pubescence.
Flower:-Bracteate, bracteolate, complete, bisexuals, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous or perigynous.
Bract:- Linear, caduceus.
Calyx:- 5-6 mm. long, finely brown-silky, teeth rounded, upper ones largest.
Corolla:- larger than the calyx, Yellow.
Androecium:- Stamens diadelphous.
Gynoecium:- Monocarpellary, superior, unilocular ovary, with marginal placentation, style single, and stigma simple, terminal.
Pods:- Orbicular, about 5 cm. in diam., winged and beak usually 0.8-1 cm. broad.
Flowering:- May-June.