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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Dialium indum L. (FABACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Keranji

Description

Evergreen tree to 40 m tall. Leaves spirally arranged, compound with terminal leaflets, 15.2 cm long, 7-9 pairs of leaflets. Flowers white in axillary or terminal clusters. Pods roundish to egg-shaped, blue-black, harity, 1.5-2 cm long.

Ecology

Lowland forest to 1150 m altitude, sometimes in swampy areas.

Distribution

Southern Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and Java.

Uses

Produces a heavy hardwood timber, very hard and extremely strong but only moderately durable. Fruits are edible