Ougeinia oojeinense, the Ujjain desmodium tree or sandan (also known as Desmodium oojeinense), is a flowering tree native to India and Nepal, and the only species in the genus Ougeinia. It usually grows 6–12 meters tall. Its leaves are quite large and trifoliate, with rigid, leathery leaflets. It can be identified by the dark brown, deeply cracked bark and the crooked trunk. The pink flowers bloom between February and May. The fruit is a linear, flat pod, light brown in colour. It is an introduced species in Pakistan.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ujjain Desmodium Tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Luetzelburgia auriculata
- Schrebera swietenioides
- Holoptelea integrifolia
- Dalbergia lanceolaria
- Butea monosperma
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ougeinia
- Species
- Ougeinia oojeinensis
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