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Burma Ironwood
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Burma Ironwood
ative Photo: Chandrashekhar Marathe
Common name: Burma Ironwood, Pyinkado • Assamese: চিম চপা Shin Shapa • Bengali: লোহা কাঠ Loha Kat • Hindi: जंबू Jambu, जांबु Jambu, सुरिया Suria • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟದಾವರಿಕೆ ಮರ Bettadaavarike Mara, ಹೊಮ್ಮವರಿಕೆ Hommaavarike, ಇರುಳ್ Irul, ಜಂಬೆ Jambe, ಷಿಲ್ವೆ Shilve, ತಕ್ಕು Takku, ತಿರುವ Tiruva • Konkani: जांबो Jambo, येरूळ Yerul • Malayalam: ഇരുൾ Irul, ഇരുമുള്ള് Irumullu, കടമരം Kadamaram • Marathi: जांभा Jambha, सुरिया Suriya, येरूळ Yerul • Mizo: Thinguk • Nepali: जांबु Jambu • Odia: ଢ଼ାମଣି Dhamani, କଙ୍ଗଡା Kangada, କାଠ ଶିଆଳି Katha Siali, ଟାଙ୍ଗଣ Tangan • Sanskrit: कनककुली Kanakakuli, शिंशपा Shinshapa • Tamil: இருள் Irul, இருவேல் Iruvel • Telugu: బోజ Boja, ఎర్ర చెన్నంగి Erra Chennangi, కొండ తంగేడు Konda Tangedu • Tulu: ಚಿರುವೆ Chiruve, ತಿರುವೆ Thiruve Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Xylia xylocarpa    Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Synonyms: Mimosa xylocarpa, Xylia dolabriformis
Burma Ironwood is a large deciduous tree to over 18 m high by 60 cm trunk diameter, native of eastern India, Burma and Thailand. Leaves are double-compound, carried on stalks 3-6 cm long. Leaflets are 2-4 pairs - lowest leaflets are 3-4 cm long, with a pointed tip. End leaflet is 7-15 cm long. Stalkless tiny white flowers arise in round heads 2 cm in diameter, carried in slender 7 cm long stalks. Pod is 10-16 cm long, 6 cm wide, woody, rusty velvety, shaped like a boomerang, splitting into two twisted segments. Flowering: March-April.
Identification credit: Chandrashekhar Marathe Photographed at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra.
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