Prickly Dalbergia is a large climbing shrub. Stem are armed with strong,
blunt curved thorns, 6-10 inches in length. Leaves are unequally pinnate.
Leaflets are small, numerous, obovate-oblong, very blunt, notched. Flowers
are borne in dense cymes in leaf axils. Cymes are shorter than the leaf.
Flowers are shaped like pea flowers. Legume is 1-2-seeded. Prickly
Dalbergia is common in the Concan jungles. Flowering: February-March.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
Photographed in Āmbavna, Maharashtra.
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