Sindora.] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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48 . SINDORA, Miq. 
Big trees. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets few, stiff, coriaceous. 
Flowers panicled. Calyx with short tube, basal disc; 4 segments. 
Petal i. Stamens 10, upper ones free, sterile, others monadelphous, 
hairy, unequal, 2 upper ones fertile, the rest alternately short and 
long, antherless or sterile; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 
pubescent, 2 to 5 ovules, stalked; style long circinate. Pod 
round or oblong; valves thin, woody, usually covered with prickles. 
Seed 1 to 2; testa hard, black; funiculus large thick arillate. 
Species 9, Indo-China, Malaya. Native names : Saputi or Sepetir. 
Pods spiny. 
Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle pubescent; leaflets pubes¬ 
cent beneath . . . . . . . (1) S. Wallichii 
Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle tomentose; spines fewer 
and thicker on calyx . . . . . . {2) S. intermedia 
Leaflets 3 pairs; panicle pubescent, hairy; leaflets 
large, quite glabrous . . . . . . (3) S. siamensis 
Leaflets 5 to 6 pairs, densely pubescent beneath . (4) S. velutina 
Pod unarmed; leaves glabrous beneath . . . (5) S. coriacea 
(1) S. Wallichii Benth. Ic. PI. 1017 and 1018; Prain, l.c. 203. 
S. echinocalyx Prain, lx. 204. 
Very big tree. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long; rachis puberulous; 
leaflets 3 pairs, oblong, acute or round at both ends, 1*5 to 3*25 in. 
