Sciencetific Name: Cynometra manni
Family Name: FABACEAE
DESCRIPTION AND ETHNOBOTANY
| Growth Form | It is a tree, up to 18 m tall. The trunk sometimes produces prop roots. |
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| Foliage | Leaves are compound and spirally arranged. Each leaf comprises of 3 pairs of leaflets. They are leathery, obovate to oblanceolate with a narrow and distinctly notched leaf tip (emarginate). Young leaves emerge red and tassel-like. They gradually turn green as they mature. |
| Flowers | Flowers occur in a cluster (raceme) at the axis or terminal end of the branches. Inflorescence is short (about 3.8 cm long) and comprises of many white flowers. Each flower has 5 oblong to oval petals and 10 stamens. |