Fabaceae
Red sandalwood
Adenanthera pavonina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Adenanthera
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Common names
By language (35)
- ace
- Bayi
- Arabic
- مرجان الغابة, صندل مرجاني, مرجان الغاب, مرجان الغابه
- arz
- مرجان الغابه
- ban
- Sagawe
- Bangla
- রঞ্জনা
- Cantonese
- 相思豆
- Chinese
- 光海紅豆, 光海红豆, 海紅豆, 海红豆, 孔雀豆, 相思格, 相思豆
- Divehi
- މަދޮށި
- Dutch
- මදටිය
- English
- Red sandalwood, Red beadtree, Peacock flower fence
- French
- Bois de condori
- Gujarati
- રક્તચંદન
- Hindi
- बड़ी गुम्ची, कुचन्दन, रंजना, रक्तचन्दन
- Indonesian
- Saga pohon, Biji saga
- Japanese
- 海紅豆
- Javanese
- Sogok telik
- Kannada
- ಚೆನ್ನೆಕಾಯಿ
- lzh
- 海紅豆
- mad
- Saghâ, Ghâ’-saghâ’ân binè’, Ghâ’-saghâ’ân tongteng
- Malagasy
- Volantsaramanga
- Malay
- Pokok Saga Daun Tumpul
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ചാടി
- Marathi
- रक्तचंदन, थोरला गुंज, रतनगुंज
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kondoritre
- Persian
- صندل قرمز
- Polish
- Gruczołkowiec pawi, Gruczolecznia pawia, Koralowe drzewo
- Portuguese
- Carolina
- Russian
- Аденантера павлинья
- Sinhala
- මදටිය
- Swahili
- Mshanga
- Tamil
- மஞ்சாடி, திலம்
- tcy
- ಚೆನ್ನೆಕಾಯಿ
- Telugu
- బండి గుర్విన, పెద్దగురుగింజ
- Thai
- มะกล่ำตาช้าง
- Tongan
- Lopa
Synonyms
- Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: pbsg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liliya Yu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paryavarana Margadarsi Vaisakhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.