Scientific Name :
Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.
Synonym :
Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.
Caesalpinia coriacea Poit.
Common Name : Divi Divi, Libi dibi
Plant Family : Fabaceae – Caesalpinaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : March to July
Flower Colour : Yellow or cream colour
Description : Height: Upto 12 m
Stem: Young stem grey, old stem black and cracked
Leaves: Bipinnate, pinnae 5 pairs, Leaflets sessile 18 to 20 pairs, leaflets oblong
Flowers: Buds greenish white, open flower slightly red
Inflorescence: Panicle
Fruits: Pods, twisted, woody,short upto 6 cm in length
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : CH, VT
Distribution Range : Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean.
Uses : Pods used in dressing wounds
Tree has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties
