seeds of
Adenanthera pavonina

Hard, bright red seeds of a common tree native to India and southern China, but now found in Indonesia, Polynesia, Surinam, the Virgin Islands and indeed introduced almost everywhere in the moist tropics. The seeds of this tree are consistently very close to a fourth of a gram. They are sometimes called Circassian seeds, and in the Caribbean are known as jumbie beads.

In Malay the Red Sandalwood is called the “Saga,” a word apparently derived from the Arabic word for goldsmith.

Language or area	Name of seed	Name of unit, if different
Burma		ruay

See:

www.tropilab.com/adenan-pav.html

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmar97.htm

www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/saga_tree.htm

seeds of Adenanthera pavonina

seeds of
Adenanthera pavonina