Common names (English):

American sumac, Dividivi plant

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Tree

Distribution:

Native of the West Indies and Central America.

Use: Ornamental.

Description:

Trees, 10-15 m high; branchlets warty. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; pinnae 8-16 pairs, subopposite; leaflets 24-44, sessile, opposite or subopposite, base oblique, cordate, apex obtuse or emarginate. Flowers bisexual, creamy, 8 mm across, in axillary and terminal panicles. Petals 5, ovate-orbicular, clawed subequal. Stamens 10. Fruit a pod, 3 x 2 cm; twisted; seeds 6 x 4.5 mm, oblong, flattened.