Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C.Nielsen

Shrub or tree, to 21 m high, 60(-90) cm in diameter. Branchlets terete with decurrent ridges from the leaf-scars, light brown, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2-7 cm, glabrous, gland(s) on petiole often present, circular in outline, sessile, subglobose to flat, 1.5-2 mm in diameter; pinnae 1 pair, to 20 cm, glabrous; petiolules 4-6 mm, glabrous; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs per pinna, opposite, drying ± dark greyish on both surfaces or green beneath, chartaceous, equal-or unequal-sided, ovate-elliptic to oblong, 5.5-20.5 by 2.4-7 cm, base ± asymmetrically rounded to broadly cuneate, apex obtusely acuminate, both surfaces glabrous; principal lateral veins c. 6-10 per leaflet-half, strongly arching, non-parallel; reticulation fine, inconspicuous or prominulous on both surfaces, more distinct beneath. Inflorescences either ramiflorous below the leaves or axillary at the distal leaves, with scattered hairs in the distal parts, glabrescent, consisting of glomerules aggregated into panicles to 30 cm long; glomerules or small spikes composed of 4-7 sessile flowers; floral bracts ovate or ovate-elliptic, acute, 0.5-1 mm, appressed-puberulous. Flowers cream or yellowish white, pentamerous, bisexual. Calyx broadly campanulate to cup-shaped, 1-2 mm, scarcely puberulous especially in the proximal part; teeth deltoid, acute, 0.2-0.3 mm. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-5 mm, tube glabrous; lobes ovate-elliptic to oblong, acute, c. 2 mm, appressed-puberulous or glabrous at the apex, reflexed. Stamens c. 8-10 mm, tube equalling the corolla-tube. Ovary solitary, glabrous. Pod greyish to dark brown or dark purple outside, greyish within, falcate or twisted in a wide spiral or contorted into a circle c. 11 cm in diameter, ± deeply lobed between the seeds along the ventral suture, at maturity most often divided quite down to the thickened dorsal suture, the segments being separated by necks, pod woody, to 20-25 by 5.2 cm, glabrous, with inconspicuous veins, dehiscing along the ventral suture. Seeds dark-brown, orbicular, biconvex. 2.8-3.5 cm in diameter, 1-1.5 cm thick.

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest including re-growth. It can grow on sand or clay soils. It occurs from sea level up to 1,000 m altitude or sometimes 1600 m in Java.

The seeds are also eaten raw and as a side dish with hot curry. Sometimes the water is changed. The seeds are boiled or roasted and eaten. They are used as a flavouring for food. The young shoots and pods are also eaten. A relish is made from thinly sliced nuts. They are also boiled or fried and used as a vegetable. It is also pounded flat, sun dried and deep fried. Caution: Excessive consumption of seeds can affect the kidneys.

The trees are grown from seed planted in the location where they are to grow. A spacing of 10-15 m is suitable.