Andaman Redwood is a large deciduous to semi-deciduous
tree with buttresses. Bark is thick, rough, flaky and reddish inside,
peeling in irregular scales. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound,
imparipinnate, pulvinate; leaflets 5-9, ovate-lanceshaped, alternate
with tapering tip. Flowers are small yellow, borne in panicles at
branch-ends and in leaf-axils. Fruit is a flat, round, winged and long
stalked pod. Pod does not split open, has a single kidney-shaped seed.
Andaman Redwood is endemic to Andaman Islands, and is the state tree of
A & N Islands. Flowering: May-July.
Identification credit: Joju P. Alappatt
Photographed in South Andaman.
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