Seed jewellery from Northern Australia

Thanks to my friend Marilena I am posting on this vibrant seed used quite often in jewellery and found in northern Australia. First up are designs from Spinifex Jewellery... click on their titles to go to their great website. Ive included three images below from Xylopia's photostream on flickr. Click on that title below to go to that site.

jewellery by Spinefex designs

RED SANDLEWOOD EARRINGS

Adenanthera pavonina seed

Adenanthera pavonina seed pods

Adenanthera pavonina seed pods

                      Please note:     These photos are from the flickr sets of Xylopia's photostream

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 Red Sandelwood seedpod - spinifex designs image.

ADENANTHERA PAVONINA - RED SANDALWOOD.

Overview 
Red Sandalwood a big beautiful, medium to large-sized tree ranges from 18 - 45 feet in height, with pinnately compound leaves and dense racemes of fragrant, light-yellow blossoms.
The curved pods contain the seeds, which are exposed when these pods curl back.
These seeds are very similar in shape and size; they have a uniform weight of about four grains. It takes about 4 seeds to make one gram and approximately 109 to make an ounce.
The seeds are used in necklaces and ornaments.
Although the raw seeds are toxic, when cooked they are edible.
The seeds are roasted, shelled and then eaten with rice in Java, Indonesia.
The slender flattened pods become twisted as they split open at maturity to release up to 12 brilliant red, lens - shaped, extremely hard seeds.
The ripened pods stay on the tree for some time.
The hard reddish wood of the red sandalwood tree is used for cabinet making. With exposure to light, the wood it slowly turns purplish-red.
A red dye, obtained from the wood, is used by Brahmins to mark religious symbols on their foreheads.
Extracts from the seeds demonstrated anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

A red powder made from the wood is also used as an antiseptic paste. In Ancient Indian medicine, the ground seeds are used to treat boils and inflammations. A decoction of the leaves is used to treat gout and rheumatism. The bark was used to wash hair. able to fix nitrogen and thus help rejuvenate soils.

I will have to come back with the note on where this text was found on google.

These beads were found at the website: Jedmax Seeds - using the same seeds and below a variety of tropical seeds.