Botanical Name - Mundulea suberosa

----- Mundulea, DC.; F.B.I. II-110. M. suberosa, Benth.; F.B.I. II-110. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 219. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 233. Vern. Neela-murri, Tella-bitlu, Tel.

----- A small tree with a thick, corky, yellow bark. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets nearly opposite, without stipels, lanceolate. 6-11 pairs. Flowers large, 1 in. long, pink or white in short terminal racemes, on pedicels 2-3-times the campanulate calyx. Corolla much exserted, 3/4 in. long. Stamens monadelphous, the 10th free at the base, alternate filaments slightly dilated. Pod linear, 3-4 in. long, straight, rostrate (braked), thickened at the sutures, densely velvety, 2-seeded, irregularly contracted between seeds.

----- Scarce. Found only in Nalgonda, Amrabad, Medak and Gulberga. It is a pretty little tree and suitable for garden cultivation. The wood much resembles Satin wood, of a yellow colour, hard and close-grained. Flowers May to August.