genus Ormosia

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genus Ormosia - genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood Ormosia rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae 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