ormosia
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Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood (synset 112573819)
is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsmember holonym:
- necklace tree - a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
- bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, ormosia monosperma - small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
- jumbie bead, jumby bead, ormosia coarctata - West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
belongs to: papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaesame as: genus ormosia
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