Dalbergia armata

This climber is distinctive by its thorns that grow from the stem. The flowers are small, white to cream, pea shaped and sweetly scented and produced from October to November. The fruit is a rather thin papery pod.

Similar plants:

• Dalbergia cochinchinensis, Dalbergia cambodiana (Thailand Rosewood)
• Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (Coinvine)
• Dalbergia latifolia, Dalbergia emarginata (Black Rosewood, Blackwood Tree, East Indian Rosewood, Indian Blackwood, Indian Rosewood, Malabar Rosewood)
• Dalbergia oliveri (Burma Tulipwood, Pinkwood, Tamalan Tree)
• Dalbergia sissoo (Sisu, Sissoo, Indian Rosewood)
• Mundulea sericea, Dalbergia sericea, Mundulea suberosa (Silver Bush, Cork Bush, Sheesham Tree)