Adenanthera intermedia Merr.

Small or medium-sized tree to 19 m high; 30 cm d.b.h. Branches glabrous or with a few scattered glandular hairs. Stipules not seen. Leaves: rachis 10-21 cm, slightly laterally compressed, distincdy adaxially sulcate, glabrous; pinnae 2 or 3 (or 4) pairs, angular, glabrous, (3—)5—15 cm; petiole 1-2 mm, glabrous; leaflets (3-)4-6 on each side of the pinna, thinly chartaceous, drying dull lead-grey to green above and light green beneath, unequal-sided, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 1.5-5 by 0.9-3 cm, base ± symmetrical, (very) broadly cuneate to rounded, apex rounded-mucronulate to truncate-emarginate, both surfaces glabrous or upper surface glabrous(-puberulous) and lower appressed puberulous (a few specimens with pellucid dots), lateral veins prominulous, 5-9 at each side of the leaflet, slightly arching, not parallel, anastomosing near the margin. Racemes (incl. peduncle) 10-15 cm long, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs and glands only; bracts filiform, puberulous, (early) caducous, c. 0.5 mm; pedicel l(-3) mm, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs only. Calyx broadly funnel-shaped to subrotate, c. 0.5 mm, glabrous; teeth deltoid, acute, about 0.2 mm long. Petals lanceolate, acute, 2.4-3.5 mm, glabrous. Stamens 4 mm; anthers c. 0.5 mm. Ovary sessile, c. 3 mm, glabrous; style 0.6-0.7 mm. Pod dark brown, strap-shaped, usually falcate prior to dehiscence, and spirally contorted after, often slightly constricted between the seeds, 10-18 by 0.9-2 cm. Seeds usually 10 or 11 per pod, glossy red with a black spot covering the distal 2-3 mm, ± irregularly obovoid-ellipsoid, biconvex, 6-8 by 5-6 by 3-4 mm, areole c. 5 by 4 mm, open towards the hilum, not parallel to the margin.

Thickets and forests at low to medium elevations. Understorey of rain forest at elevations up to 700 metres. Primary and secondary forest, evergreen to dry deciduous rain forest, but also in open savannah-like vegetation.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.