Adenanthera pavonina
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Title
Adenanthera pavonina
Subject
Taxonomy
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Fabales
Family :Fabaceae
Genus :Adenanthera
Species :Adenanthera pavonina
Phylum :Tracheophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Order :Fabales
Family :Fabaceae
Genus :Adenanthera
Species :Adenanthera pavonina
Synonyms
Adenanthera gersenii Scheff. Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.
Common name
Saga tumpul (Peninsular), Coralwood , Bean tree, Peacock tree, Circassian bean
Description
Characteristics
A small to medium-sized trees that can reach up to 30(-40) m tall. It is rarely shrubs.
Morphology
Leaves
Arranged spirally, bipinnate and without glands. The first 2 leaves are arranged opposite while the subsequent ones are arranged spirally. The first few leaves are pinnate while the subsequent ones are bipinnate. The leaflets are alternate and entire. The stipules are small and caducous.
Inflorescence
Terminal and axillary, consists of many-flowered, simple, spike-like racemes, solitary or few together. The flowers are 5-merous, small and with jointed pedicels. The sepal lobes are valvate as well as the petals. There are 10 free stamens. The ovary is superior, 1-locular and with many ovules and simple style.
Fruit
A strap-shaped, many-seeded pod, straight to spirally twisted and dehiscent along both sutures.
Seed
Red or red and black, shiny and broadly ellipsoid to broadly obovoid or orbicular. The seedling is with epigeal germination. The cotyledons are emergent and fleshy while the hypocotyl is elongated.
Chemical compound
1,2-diacylglycerols, 1,3-diacylglycerols, 24-epiclerosterol, 24-methyl cholesterol, beta-sitosterol, docosanoic acid, eicosanoic acid, eicosenoic acid, eicosadienoic acid, isofucosterol, lignoicerotic acid, linoleic acid, lysophosphatidylcholine, myristic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, pavonin, pentadecanoic acid, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, stearic acid, stigmasterol, sitosterol and triacylglycerols
Plant part used
Leaves, bark and seeds
Traditional uses
- The leaves and seeds of A. pavonia had been used in the treatment of rheumatism and gout.
- Powdered seeds is also used for treatment of abscesses.
- The bark is considered a tonic while the seeds in powdered form is used in treatment of headaches.
Medicinal uses
- Methanol extract of of A. pavonia seeds was evaluated for its anti-inflammatory effects in animal models.
- Ethanol extract of A. pavonia leaves also has anti-inflammatory activity which could possibly be due to the presence of active constituents like β-sitosterol and stigmasterol and probably also due to the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis.
- In the acetic acid-induced writhing in mice it was found that the methanolic extract of the seeds of A. pavonia could inhibit it. Additionally, both the early and late phase of the formalin-induced paw.
List of country
Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, Southern China, Thailand,Malesia(except for Philippines), India and Africa
Creator
Adenanthera pavonina (Linnaeus,1753)
Source
Publisher
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Contributor
Nur Athirah Roshaizi
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Adenanthera pavonina (Linnaeus,1753), “Adenanthera pavonina,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/376.