Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Caesalpinia | Species: Caesalpinia crista L. |
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| Synonym | Caesalpinia bonducella, Guilandina bonduc | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Crested Fever Nut , Bonduc nut | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Bonduc Nut, Fever Nut, Physic-Nut and Physic Nut | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Tinsibi | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | An oblong-obovoid, inflated, apex beaked, densely prickled, seed 1 or 2, subglobose, shiny |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen and moist deciduous forests also in sacred groves | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Paleotropics | Bark Details | Bark is greyish brown, smooth or longitudinally wrinkled |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Large climber with numerous recurved prickles | Leaf Details | Leaves bipinnate to 50 cm long; pinnae 4-5 Pairs, leaflets 5-8 pairs per pinna, 2-5 X 0.8-2.2 cm, ovate or elliptic-oblong, base rounded, aaex obtuse |
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