IUCN Status
: Least Concern
Author: Sonu kumar
Myself Sonu Kumar and I'm from Bundi. Currently I'm working as a district coordinator kota at BRDS society India. I have always been a devout admirer of nature and I would be happy to share more information about the plant wealth around me through this platform. #AStudentofnature #Teamefloraofrajasthan 🌿🌱🐛🦋🔍 Insta page: https://www.instagram.com/eflora_of_rajasthan/
- Siris tree, Woman's tongue, शिरीष, सिरस, काळो सिरीष
- Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd., Feuilleea lebbeck (L.), Mimosa lebbeck L. Kuntze,
- Bundi
- Naturally grown
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Habit : A large tree with a general bluish appearance, unarmed, deciduous, bark pale.
Stem : Erect, cylindrical, branched, solid.
Bark: Deep grey or black, reddish inside; rough, mottled with lenticels, irregularly cracked when old.
Leaves : Bipinnate, main rachis with a large gland on the petiole near the base and one below the highest pair of pinnae, pinnae 2 - 4 pairs; leaflets 5 - 9 pairs.
Inflorescence : Heads.
Flowers : White, fragrant, heads umbellate, from the upper leaf axils, solitary or fasciculate. Filaments exserted, connate below into a short tube.
Fruits : Pods 10 - 25 cm long, 3 - 5 cm broad, thin, flat, straight, straw - coloured when old, glabrous and shining.
Seeds : 4 - 12, spherical or slightly reniform, smooth, glabrous, yellowish brown.
Fl. & Fr. : July-Mar
Significance :
1. The bark and seeds are used as astringent.
2. The flowers are considered cooling and are externally applied in boils, eruptions, etc.
3. The leaves, seeds etc. are used in opthalmia.
4. The timber is valued for a varie
ty of purposes
PC: © sonu kumar
Loc: Bundi Rajasthan
Source: Foi, efoi,powo
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