Pithecellobium Dulce

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Description Pithecellobium Dulce is a small to the medium-sized semi-evergreen leguminous tree, 5 to 20 m in height. Jungle Jalebi is a large, nearly evergreen tree that grows up to 20 m or more in height, It has a broad crown, up to 30 m across, and a short trunk, up to 1 m thick, at the base of each leaf is normally found a pair of short, sharp spines, though some specimens are spineless. Leaves are deciduous but the foliage is persistent, as the new leaves appear while the old ones are being shed so that the tree looks like an evergreen. Flowers are white-greenish and slightly fragrant. Pods are greenish-brown to red or pinkish, rather thin. There are about 10 seeds per pod. Pods are irregularly in shape and flattened, set in spirals of 1 to 3 whorls, and strangled between the seeds - looks like the north Indian sweet, Jalebi.