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Dalbergia sericea
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia sericea G. Don, Syst. 2: 375. 1832; S.V. Predeep & A.P. Balan, Rheedea 20: 35. 2010.
Dalbergia hircina Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. 1: 256. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 236. 1876.
Dalbergia stenocarpa Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 44: 205. 1875; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 238. 1876.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sissu
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Description:
Trees, 5-6 m tall; young shoots silky puberulent, gradually glabrous. Leaves alternate, 15-25 cm; stipules caducous, subfalcate-lanceolate, silky puberulent; leaflets 17-21, ovate or oblong, 2.5-5 × 2-2.5 cm, thin, abaxially rather densely puberulent, adaxially appressed puberulent, base rounded or cuneate, apex slightly obtuse. Panicles axillary, 2.5-5 × 1.2-2 cm; peduncles, branches, and pedicels densely silky puberulent. Calyx campanulate, densely puberulent, 5-toothed; teeth obtuse, shorter than tube except lowest lanceolate and ca. as long as tube. Corolla white; petals rather long clawed; standard suborbicular, emarginate. Stamens 10, diadelphous (5+5). Ovary shortly stipitate, pubescent, 4- or 5-ovuled; style slender; stigma small. Legume narrowly ligulate, 2.5-5 × 0.6-1 cm, leathery, reticulate opposite 1-3 seeds, base attenuate to short stipe, apex acute; seeds reniform, compressed, ca. 5 × 2.5 mm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-September
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as avenue trees in the high ranges
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Distribution:
India, Bhutan and Nepal
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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
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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:
No
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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:
1200-1600
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Localities:
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