Dialium guineense Willd.

 
  • Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fabaceae
  • Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
  • Synonym(s) : Codarium acutifolium Afzel.; Codarium discolor DC.; Codarium nitidum Sol. ex Vahl; Codarium obtusifolium Afzel.; Codarium solanderi Vahl; Dialium anomalum Webb; Dialium discolor Hook.f.; Dialium nitidum (Sol. ex Vahl) Guill. & Perr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dialium guineense Willd.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Medium to large tree, up to 30m high, shrubby habit, crown densely leafy, bole without buttresses, bark smooth, grey, slash reddish, exuding small amount of red gum; Leaves compound, at times finely hairy, petiole 5-13cm long, imparipinnate with odd terminal leaflet, lower pair of leaflets smaller than the upper ones, 3.5–10 cm long, 2.5–5 cm wide, elliptic to broadly elliptic, sometimes slightly obovate, apex blunt or abruptly, shortly acuminate, base symmetrical, rounded or slightly cuneate, leathery, upper surface glabrous with slightly sunken midrib, lower surface sometimes finely hairy; Inflorescence terminal panicles, large, at times axillary, up to 30cm long, initially covered with very short brownish hairs, flowers whitish; Fruits more or less circular, flattened, sometimes nearly globose, up to 2.5cm diameter, surface densely velvety, balck when mature, fruit stalk about 6 mm long, with a small collar near the apex, shell brittle.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
  • Native : Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : W. & W. Central Tropical Africa
  • Literature :
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dialium guineense
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Dialium guineense. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution

GBIF Distribution
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