Scientific Synonyms:
Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.
Adenanthera polita Miq.
Previous name used in the website: Adenanthera pavonina
Family name: FABACEAE
English name: Red Lucky Seed
Coral Bean Tree
Redwood
Red Sandalwood Tree
Peacock Flower Fence
Barbados Pride
Coral Pea
Red Bead Tree
Circassian Bean
Coralwood
Sinhala name: Madatiya (මදටිය)
Tamil name: Anaikuntumani
Anikundumani
Manjadi¸Tilam
Manjat
Sanskrit name: Ksharaka
Kunchandana
Tamraka
Tamraka
Tilakah Raktachandana
Conservation status: LC – Least Concerned – NRL – 2020
Description: Tree up to 20 m high. Rachis up to 40 cm long; pinnae 2-6 pairs, opposite, 6-20 cm long; leaflets 3-9 pairs, alternate, 1.5-5.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm. Racemes solitary or in panicles, up to 30 cm long. Flowers white, then yellowish. Pod straight to falcate to slightly twisted, 10-25 x 1.5 cm, glabrous. Seeds 6-15, elliptic-lenticular, glossy red, 8-10 x 7-9 mm.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for: Chronic rheumatism
Gout
Bowel hemorrhages
Haematuria
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Boils
Cholera
General paralysis
Inflammations
Parts used in Treatment: Seeds
Leaves
Bark
Related Medical Properties: Pacifies vitiated Vata and Pitta doshas
Emetic
Astringent
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