Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Albizia | Species: Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
Synonym | Mimosa elata Roxb., Mimosa coriaria Blanco | Flower Color | White |
Common Name | forest siris, safed siris,brown albiza | Flower Type | Raceme |
English / Trade Name | White Siris | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
Vernacular /Local Name | Safed siris | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
Altitude | Up To 1500 M | Fruit Type | Pod |
Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | 10 To 20 Cm Long And 1.8 To 2.5cm Broad, Changing From Green To Deep Red Or Reddish Brown On Maturity Each Contains 6 To 12 Seeds |
Habitat | Found In Monsoon Forest, Mix Deciduas Forest , Road Sides And Dry Gullies | Bark Type | Smooth |
Distribution | India, South East Asia, Papua New Guinea And Northern Australia | Bark Details | Bark Yellowish Green, Yellowish-brown Or Brown With Horizontal Ridges |
Distribution in chandigarh | Sector 1, Sector 16, Sector 26, Sector 36 | Origin | Native |
Leaf Type | Compound | ||
Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
Description of Species | Deciduous trees, upto 30 m high, Bark 10-15 mm, thick, surface greenish-yellow, smooth, exfoliation small, irregular; blaze red; branchlets brownish to blackish or yellowish, terete, 3-13 mm thick, silky pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipule free, lateral, rachis 13-30 cm long, pinnae 2-5 (6) pairs, 9.7-27 cm long, leaflets 4-20, opposite, even pinnate, estipellate, petiolule 2-3 mm long; lamina 2.5-5 x 1.8-3 cm. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in globose heads, forming axillary or terminal panicles .Calyx tube narrowly obconic, 2.5-3 x 1.5-2 mm. Corolla 5-7 mm long. Stamens many, 8-12 mm long. Ovary oblong, stipitate, glabrous. Style filiform. Stigma terminal. Fruit a pod 10-20 x 1.8-2.5 cm, strap-shaped, flat, thin walled, rostrate at apex, glabrous, often glossy, faintly reticulately veined. seeds 5-12, ovate-elliptic, compressed, greenish-brown. | Leaf Details | Leaflets 12-24 On Each Pinna Lateral Nerves Rather Prominent |
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