Cynometra Travancorica(കൂറി)
| Scientific Name: | Cynometra travancorica Bedd. | |
| Synonyms: | Agrostis bermudiana Tussac. ex Kunth, pro syn. , Agrostis filiformis J.Koenig ex Kunth, pro syn | |
| Systematic Position | ||
| Class: | Dicotylodonae | |
| 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