Hello Anil, I found your discription very interesting, so I did search
on Web for botanical name...

This a native plant of some Latin American country and the common name that
I know is "Candle Tree". Of course its botanical name is "Parmentiera
cereifera". The beauty of this plant is that, unlike in other plants, its
legumes grow upwards like Candles. Where as all legume like fruit or seed
pods dangle downwards.

I find this site and others with good pictures:
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/candle_stick_tree.htm
and they all show its fruits hanging *downwards* like candles that
have just been dipped. If you have ever made candles by hand, they
look exactly like this! And their size is up to 12 inches long, good
size for a candle, but very large for a bonsai

Also, the fruits and flowers seem to appear only on the heavy trunks
(cauliflorous, Nina is that the right word?), so perhaps yours is
simply not old enough to have flowers. Or the flower buds might be
easily rubbed off, or mistaken for insects and removed...

It is said to be closely related to Jaboticaba, which is often used
for bonsai. Some of the cultural hints for this plant's flowering
might also help your Candle Tree.

Good luck with it!
Anita
Northern Harford County, Maryland, USDA zone 6

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