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Dalbergia sissoo
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 223. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 237. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 384(270). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 140. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 89. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 214. 2009.
Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.) O.Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 159. 1891.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Himalayan-eetti, Iruvil, Seesam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Indiana dalbergia, Shisham, Sissoo
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Description:
Medium-sized trees; bark greyish or pale brown, thick; branchlets pilose. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5, 2.5-6 x 2-5.5 cm, ovate, obovate or orbicular, base rounded to cuneate, apex cuspidate or acuminate, coriaceous, puberulous to pubescent when young, glabrous when mature; petiolules 3-5 mm long. Panicles axillary and/or terminal, 5-7 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers cream coloured, 6-8 mm long, subsessile. Calyx 4-6 mm long, campanulate, puberulous without; lobes oblong. Petals exserted; standard to 8 x 5 mm, obovate, long-clawed. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary long-stipitate, pubescent. Pods 2.5-7 x 0.8-1 cm, linear-oblong, base cuneate, apex acute. Seeds 1-3.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as avenue tree
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical Himalaya to North East India, cultivated in Tropical to Subtropical Africa, West Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Keerapady, Parambikulam, Thottappally
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