English: ad-en-AN-ther-uh -- from the Greek aden (gland) and anthera (anther)

pav-ON-ee-nuh -- meaning, like a peacock

commonly known as: acacia coral, barbados pride, coral bean tree, false wiliwili, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood, saga seed tree • Assamese: raktchandan • Bengali: রঞ্জন ranjana • Gujarati: બડી ગુમ્ચી badigumchi • Hindi: बड़ी गुम्ची badi gumchi, कुचन्दन kuchandana, रक्तचन्दन raktchandan, रंजना ranjana, रतनगुंज ratangunja • Kannada: ane golaganji, manjadi, munjuti • Konkani: होडी मंजोटी hodi manjoti, गूंज gunja, ओडलि गुंजी odlygunji • Malayalam: mancati, manchadi, sem • Marathi: रक्तचंदन raktachandana, रतनगुंज ratangunja, थोरला गुंज thorla gunja • Oriya: sokakainjo • Sanskrit: रक्तचन्दन raktachandana, ताम्रक tamraka, तिलक tilakah • Tamil: மஞ்சாடி manjati, திலம் tilam • Telugu: బండిగురువెంద bandiguruvenda, పెద్దగురుగింజ peddaguruginja

Native of: India

... these brilliant red seeds are lens shaped, about ⅓ inch in diameter ... curiously similar in weight ... (4 seeds c. 1 gramme OR 1 seed c. 4 grains) ... were once used as a standard measure of weighing gold, just as Abrus seeds.

... Adenanthera seeds are twice as heavy as those of Abrus (which are smaller, has red and black hards seeds).

References: flowers of India

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