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Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.

Synonym: Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.) O.Ktze.

PAPILIONOIDEAE

Local Names : ഹിമാലയൻ ഈട്ടി, Indiana dalbergia, Shisham.

Flowering Period : Throughout the Year.

Distribution : Native of Tropical Himalaya to North East India

Uses: Skin infection cure, Timber yeilding, Anti-inflammation.

Exotic : Yes.

Medium-sized trees; bark greyish or pale brown. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5, ovate, glabrous when mature. Panicles axillary and/or terminal, densely pubescent.  Flowers cream coloured , subsessile.  Calyx, campanulate, lobes oblong.  Petals exserted, long-clawed.  Stamens 9, monadelphous.  Ovary long-stipitate, pubescent.  Pods linear-oblong, base cuneate, apex acute.  Seeds 1-3.

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