Alangium

Sage-leaved alangium is a thorny tree found primarily in India and certain parts of tropical Africa. Its tough wood is turned into furniture, musical instruments, ornamentation, and cooking implements. At times it is also fashioned into traditional spears or simply burnt as cooking fuel.

It is a medium to large-sized tree without weapons, which reaches a size of 10 to 25 m tall, with gray bark and purplish brown, young pubescent to fluorescent shoots. Leaves are ovate to widely ovate, deltoid or somewhat oblique with the base, truncated or shallowly deeply cordate.

Tree height is 2 to 4 m. The trunk is almost upright and there is no tear in the bark. The leaves are large and reciprocal, 10 to 20 cm long, 3-5 shallow, rarely individuated, the tip of the fragment extends long, and the base of the leaf blade deeply enters the bay. Leaves are thin, with soft hair scattered on the surface and slightly soft hair on the back. The petiole is 4 to 10 cm, and the petiole is an internal bud that envelops the winter buds. A few white flowers are hung by the inflorescences beside the leaves. The cocoon is a long and narrow cylinder with a length of about 3 cm. There are six petals in the shape of 3 to 3.5 cm in length, and they warp strongly. The coral is yellow and elongated. The drupe is an oval sphere with a length of 7 to 8 mm and becomes indigo when ripe.