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 Albizia  odoratissima (L. f.)Benth.

Synonym	:	Acacia lomatocarpa DC.
Family	:	FABACEAE
Local name	:	Malayalam- .Kunnivaka, English- Ceylon rosewood
Flowering and fruiting period	:	April-January
Distribution	.	Indo-Malesia
Distribution in Kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Uses		Planted for erosion control, for soil conservation and as shade tree in coffee and tea plantations. Branches are lopped for fodder
Key botanical characters: Deciduous trees. brown, terete, nitially tawny pubescent, finally glabrous. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, pinnae 2-8 pairs, opposite, even pinnate., slender, puberulent, glands between the junctions of 1-2 distal pairs of pinnae,  Flowers bisexual, white, in globose heads forming terminal panicles; tamems many,  Fruit a pod .