Angelin

Andira inermis, commonly known as angelin, cabbage angelin, or cabbage-bark tree, is a medium to large evergreen tree in the Fabaceae family, native to tropical regions of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and West Africa. It grows 10-25 metres tall with a straight bole and a dense, spreading, rounded crown. The bark is greyish-brown, somewhat fissured, and has a strong, unpleasant cabbage-like odour when freshly cut. The leaves are pinnately compound, 15-30 cm long, with 7-15 leaflets that are oblong to elliptic, 4-10 cm long, with a glabrous shiny upper surface and a pale underside. The inflorescence is a large terminal panicle of fragrant pink to purplish pea-like flowers, each about 1 cm across. The fruit is an indehiscent ovoid drupe-like legume 3-5 cm long, containing a single hard seed. The seeds and bark contain toxic alkaloids. It inhabits tropical lowland forests, riverbanks, and savannas.