Botanical Name - Caesalpinia coriaria

----- C. coriaria, Wild. ; Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 268.

----- A small erect tree, soon branching. Bark dark reddish-brown, thin, finely fissured vertically. Introduced from the W. Indies and cultivated especially in S. India on accounts of its pods which give a valuable tanning material, similar to "Sumach" Met with grown in hedges in Secunderabad and in the suburbs, but not regularly cultivated. The pods are sold in the bazaars. The Wood is described as " hard and heavy ; sap-wood gyeyish-white, heart-wood nearly black, close-grained, liekly to be useful for various purposes, so that if the demand for the tan is maintained, it should be a useful tree to plant on poor soils." ( Gamble).