Herbarium JCB

Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Caesalpinia coriaria
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.
Common name : Divi divi
Vernacular name : Seemealde mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 845, KFP 9107, KFP 1601
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha & S.R.Ramesh
Key identification features : A small unarmed tree reaching upto 10 m height with a spreading crown. Leaves are alternate and twice compound. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, fragrant and appear in dense terminal clusters. Pods are small, twisted and contain large quantity of tannin. Wood is used in carpentry.
Habit : Tree
Native : Tropical America
Comments : Pods are rich in tannin and highly valued in tanning industry.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Sagaranahalli (Tumkur)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara