A large shrub or middle-sized, unarmed, deciduous tree. Young shoots, inflorescence and common petiole tomentose or
pubescent. Leaf-rachis, with a small gland, at the base of the petiole, and between the upper pinnæ ; pinna3 6-12, says Brandis ; 8-24, says J. G. Baker. Leaflets 10-30 pair, membranous, sessile, sensitive, ¼in. long, cuspidate, straight on the upper side, rounded on the lower, ⅛in. broad. Heads globose on clustered erecto-patent peduncles, from the crowded leaflets upper nodes. Flowers 1-1½in. to extremity of stamens. Calyx ⅛-1/6in., funnel-shaped, shortly-toothed ; filaments rose-red, Calyx and Corolla both hairy outside. Pod softly pubescent white, young, glabrous when mature, membranous, grey or pale brown, 5-6,¾: by lin., 8-12-seeded, narrowed to a beak and short stalk, inclehiscent.
Use : — Used like A. lebbeck.
457. A. amara, Boiv. h.f.b.i., ii 301.
Syn.: — Mimosa amara, Roxb. 418.
Sans.: — Krishna sirish.
Vern.: — Lulai or lâli Mar. ; Moto sarsio (Guz.) ; Thuringi, wûnja, suranji, shekram (Tam.) ; Nallarenga, shekrani, sikkai, narlingi (Tel.); Wusel (Madura, Madras) Bil-kambi (Kan.); Kadsige (Coorg) ; Dosulay (Mal.).
Habitat : — Western Peninsula.
A middle-sized, deciduous tree. Wood very hard ; sapwood large white; heart-wood purplish-brown, beautifully mottled with alternate, concentric, light and dark bands. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence soft yellow- tomentose. Leaf-rachis, with a small gland on the petiole and between the lowest pair of pinnæ. Pinnæ 6-15 ; leaflets linear, 15-24 pair ; peduncles copious, axillary, densely tomentose, crowded at the upper nodes in the axils of much-reduced leaves. Flowers yellow, fragrant, ⅓in. long to the end of stamens. Calyx 1/24in. funnel-shaped, shortly stalked. Corolla 3 times as long as the Calyx. Calyx- teeth lanceolate. Pod 5-9in. by ¾-1in., 6-10-seeded, oapque grey-brown.
