Botanical Name - Dalbergia volubilis

----- D. volubilis, Roxb. ; F.B.I. II-235. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 237. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 254. Vern. Gumidi-tiga, Gamlap-tiga. Tel.

----- A large scandent shrub with a tough wood found in all the Telingana Forests, but not very common. Branches often bent and twisted into spiral hooks ; glabrous except inflorescence. Leaflets 9-13, elliptic or obovate, often minutely mucronate at apex, 1-2 in. long. Flowers small, crowded, pale-blue, in compact pubescent panicles. Pod 2-3 in. long, 2/3 in. broad. 1-rarely 2-seeded. Flowers January to March.

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