Caesalpinia digyna

Caesalpinia digyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Caesalpinia
Species:	C. digyna
Binomial name
Caesalpinia digyna Rottler

Caesalpinia digyna, the Teri pod, is a plant species in the genus Caesalpinia.

References

A large scandant sparingly prickly shrub. Branches glabrous or slightly downy, pinnae 5- 9 pair. Leaflets obtuse, pale beneath,8-10 pairs, 6 - 12 mm long. Flowers in simple axillary racemes, 25- 30 cm long, pedicels slender 2.5 cm.long, petals orbicular, yellow, the upper streaked with red, filaments densely wooly in the lower half. Pod oblong, turgid, 3-5 cm long, seeds 2-4. Distribution: Assam, Bengal, Chittagong, Myanmar, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Vernacular name : Su-let-thi - Burm.

External links

Wikispecies has information related to: Caesalpinia digyna

Caesalpinia digyna on www.worldagroforestry.org

Sources of tannins

Sources of
condensed tannins

Areca catechu seed
- arecatannins
Broad bean
- Vicia faba
Grape
- Vitis vinifera
Mimosa bark
- Acacia mollissima
Myrtan or black marlock
- Eucalyptus redunca
Quebracho wood

Sources of
hydrolysable tannins

Chestnut wood
Dhawa
- Anogeissus latifolia
Myrobalan fruit
- Terminalia chebula
Oak bark
Oak wood
Valonia oak
- Quercus macrolepis
Sumac
- Tanner's sumach leaves - Rhus coriaria or Chinese gall on Rhus chinensis
Tara pod
- Caesalpinia spinosa

Other sources by organ

Barks	General : Tanbark Acacias (most notably Acacia pycnantha and Acacia decurrens) Alder Alnus sp Avaram Senna auriculata Babul Acacia nilotica Birch Betula sp Button mangrove Conocarpus erectus Hemlock Tsuga sp Larch Larix sp Mangrove Pine Pinus sp Spruce Picea sp Urunday Myracrodruon urundeuva Willow Salix caprea

Leaves	Badan Bergenia crassifolia Gambier Uncaria gambir Redoul Coriaria myrtifolia

Roots	Canaigre Rumex hymenosepalus Garouille Quercus coccifera Sea lavender Limonium sp

Woods	Cutch Senegalia catechu

Fruit	Divi-divi pod Caesalpinia coriaria Sant pod Acacia nilotica Teri pod Caesalpinia digyna

Galls	Gall oak Quercus lusitanica Quercus infectoria

Whole plant	Prosopis sp. bark and wood Prosopis humilis Prosopis nigra Tanoak Notholithocarpus Tizra heartwood and root Rhus pentaphylla

Undetermined organ	Anadenanthera colubrina (vilca)

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