HEIGHT up to 50 ft (15 m)
TYPE Evergreen
OCCURRENCE India, S.E. Asia
Also called the cucumber tree, this tree has a short trunk and erect branches. The fruit is sour and usually not eaten raw. BARK Pinkish brown, smooth, sometimes slightly flaky. LEAF Alternate, pinnate, crowded at ends of branches, with a terminal leaflet; leaflets are ovate, in 7–19 pairs, sometimes hairy. FLOWER In small panicles, five petals, yellowish green or purplish, marked with dark purple, fragrant. FRUIT Oval to egg-shaped or nearly cylindrical berry, faintly five-sided, yellowish green to whitish.
