DIVIDIVI, the native and commercial name for the astrin gent pods of Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous shrub of the sub family Caesalpinioideae, growing in low marshy tracts in the West Indies and the north of South America. The plant is between 20 and 3oft. in height, and bears white flowers. The pods are flat tened, and curl up in drying; they are about broad, from 2 to 3in. long and of a rich brown colour. Dividivi was first brought to Europe from Caracas in '768. The pods are employed in tanning.