Botanical Name - Caesalpinia bonducella

----- C. Bonducella, Fleming. ; F.B.I., II-254. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 246. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 267. Vern. Gajga, Gachka, Kat-Kalija, Hind. Gatchikai, Tel. Sagur-gota, Mar.

----- A large prickly climbing shrub, Leaves over a foot long ; Pinnae 6-8 pairs, 3-5 in. long ; the leaves, stalk and its branches armed with re-curved prickles. Leaflets 6-10 pairs on each pinna, opposite, 1/2-1 by 1/4-1/2 in., oblong or elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, membranaceous, downy beneath, minutely petioled. Flowers yellow, in racemes 6-12 in. long, gradually denser towards the top. Pod 2-3 by 1 1/2-2. in., coriaceous dehiscent, thickly beset with sharp wiory prickles ; Seeds 2-3 in each pod, 1/2 in. long, globose or ovoid, shining lead-coloured, with numerous very fine horizontal cracks when dry.

----- Throughout Hyderabad, in hedges, or climbing over bushes, generally near villages. It makes a useful and impenetrable hedge-plant, being covered with prickles, especially the pods. The seeds are large, grey, like marbles, used in medicine and for exressing. Flowers during the rains and Fruit in the cold season.