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Also known as feather compound or pinnate, this is probably the largest group. We can further subdivide this group into
a) With a terminal leaf (botanists call them imparipinnate), described in another section (here)
b) Without terminal leaf (paripinnate ) described and listed here
Note that Tamarind leaflets are very small. Most trees in this group has much larger leaflets. The diagram below shows an example of this type of leaf. Also, due to obvious reason, number of leaflets in a paripinnate leaf is always an even number
A feather compound leaves without a terminal leaflet
Senna siamea
Siamese Cassia / Cassod
Siamese Cassia / Cassod
A fast-growing evergreen midsized tree with feather compound leaves of 10-14 pairs (without terminal leaflet) with yellow flowers in clusters (not that showy) during a major part of year (June to January) peaking in Sep/Oct
Cassia fistula
Amaltas
Amaltas
Mid-sized ornamental tree which becomes arrestingly beautiful in April - May with its drooping spray of bright yellow flowers. For the rest of the year, it is not beautiful but often conspicuous due to its stick-like hanging fruits.
Saraca asoca
(Sita) Ashok
(Sita) Ashok
A small to midsized evergreen spreading tree famous for its pale-apricot flowers which turn red
Swietenia macrophylla
Honduras / Large-leafed/ bastard Mahogany
Honduras / Large-leafed/ bastard Mahogany
A tall evergreen tree from tropical Americas, has feather compound (paripinnate) leaves that are dark green when mature with a rough bark that flakes off in small patches
Swietenia mahogany
Spanish Mahogany
Spanish Mahogany
A tall and spreading evergreen tree from tropical Americas, has feather compound (paripinnate) leaves that are dark green when mature, with small leafless, bark is rough that flakes off in small patches
Tamarindus indica
Tamarind
Tamarind
A very familiar large evergreen tree with a dense rounded canopy and tiny feather-compound leaves with minute leaflets. 6-8’’ pods dangle during the larger part of the year
Dimocarpus longan
Longan
Longan
A minor commercial fruit related to more celebrated litchi, middle-sized evergreen tree with yellowish grey rather smooth bark, has spreading branches, and dense, dark green, shining foliage that has two to five pairs of leaflets.
Toona ciliata
Toon / Indian Mahogany / Moulmein cedar / Australian red cedar
Toon / Indian Mahogany / Moulmein cedar / Australian red cedar
A fast-growing speeding deciduous tree with large, beautiful feather compound leaves with many (usually 7 pair) long narrow leaflets.
Khaya senegalensis
African Mahogany
African Mahogany
A strikingly tall evergreen tree from central African tropical savanna, has feather compound (paripinnate) leaves that bear dark green, almost oppositely arranged leathery leaflets up to 7 pairs.
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
Four-leaved soapnut
Four-leaved soapnut
Mid-sized evergreen tree with a gnarled, crooked trunk, spreading branched and a compact round crown of dark leaved foliage. Leaves are paripinnate, usually two pairs of oppositely arranged leaflets, outer pair always larger. The leaflets are narrow oval, with a rounded tip, dark green and glossy above, pale and dull below
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