Family: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Native range: India.

Description: A large, open-crowned tree to 80 feet in height with 6-inch long compound leaves bearing three to seven almost orbicular 3-inch wide leaflets. Small, fragrant, pealike, yellowish-white flowers are produced in spring in axillary spikes. Fruit are long, flat, beanlike pods.

Ecological threat: Indian rosewood invades both disturbed and undisturbed sites and has been found in and around hardwood forests and pine rockland habitat in Miami-Dade county. Indian rosewood has the ability to crowd out native plants, especially in pine rocklands.

Distribution in Florida: Central and southern Florida.

Background: Introduced as a fast-growing landscape tree. It is the most commonly planted Dalbergia species in the United States and has escaped cultivation in southern California, Florida, and Hawaii.