Plant A thorny, deciduous tree, 5-10m tall; bark greyish-white or greyish brownsmooth. Leaflets 1.5-9.5cm x 0.6-6cm ovate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous.Flowers greenish or creamy-white, in axillary panicles. Berries 6-10cm across,globose or subglobose, with rough rind; rind greenish-white, on ripening yellow.Seeds obliquely lenticular or oblong, wrinkled, pale-brown, glabrous. (India) Spinous tree up to 10m high, with alternate, pinnately trifoliate leaves, leaflets ovate-elliptic, and white flowers in axillary racemes or panicles. (Nepal)