Cynometra (കൂറി)
Scientific Name: Cynometra travancorica Bedd.
Synonyms: Agrostis bermudiana Tussac. ex Kunth, pro syn., Agrostis filiformis J.Koenig ex Kunth, pro syn
Unique ID: 63
Systematic Position
Class: Dicotyledonae
Sub Class:Polypetalae
Series: Calyciflorae
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
Common Names
Malayalam – കൂറി
Description: Habit :Tall evergreen trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall; Branches and Branchlets:Branchlets terete, slender, lenticellate; Leaves: Leaves compound, bifoliolate, alternate, distichous, pulvinate; stipules caducous; rachis to 0.7 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 4-14 x 1.5-4.5 cm, asymmetric, falcate or lanceolate, apex gradually acuminate with blunt or retuse tip, base asymmetric, margin entire, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves ca.12 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulate; Inflorescence / Flower:
Flowers rosy-white in short axillary racemes; Fruit and Seed: Pod flat, smooth, glabrous, to 3.2 cm long; 1-seeded; Flowering and fruiting: September-April
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
Distribution: Endemic to the Western Ghats- rarely found in Agasthyamalai of South Sahyadri, North Malabar and Palakkad Hills to Coorg Region in Central Sahyadri.
Uses: Medicinal in tribal cultures