Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) W.Theob.

A tree. It grows 30 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk is straight. The branches are slender and drooping. The bark is red brown and thin. The leaves are twice divided with a single pair of side stalks 10-30 cm long. There are 3-7 pairs of opposite leaflets. These are 4-15 cm long by 3-6 cm wide and the top ones are the largest. Young shoots have yellow hairs. Young leaves are pink. The flowers are pale yellow in dense round heads. These are 2 cm across. The fruit is 10-15 cm long by 5-6 cm thick. It is woody and slightly curved. It splits into 2 parts that curve backwards. There are 6-10 flat, dark seeds.

Dry evergreen forest and mixed deciduous forest, but growth is poor in dry deciduous dipterocarp forest, in higher altitude forests and in moist bamboo forests. Often found on areas of abandoned cultivation and on low hilly country.

The seeds are roasted and eaten.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.