Botanical Name - Dalbergia

----- Dalbergia, Linn. fil. ; F.B.I. II - 230.

----- Trees or climbing shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets alternate. Flowers small, paniculate. Calyx campanulate, 5-dentate ; teeth distinct, usually short. Corolla exserted ; standard as long as oblong wings ; keel obtuse, shorter than standard. Stamens diadelphous, the 10th stamen free, or with 2 bundles of 5 stamens each, or monadelphous with 9 or 10 stamens. Ovary stalked, few-ovuled ; style short, incurved ; stigma capitate. Pod thin, flat, indehiscent, 1-4-seeded ; seeds kidney-shaped.