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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Albizia	Species: Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Mimosa odoratissima L.f., Acacia lomatocarpa DC.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Siris	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Black siris, Ceylon rosewood, Kala siris	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Siris	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Upto 1500 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods purplish-green to brown or red when mature, 13.7-30 × 2.5-5 cm. Seeds 10-12, ovoid.
Habitat	Evergreen and deciduous forests and also in plains	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Sub-Himalayan tract, West to Indus, Bengal, Central and S.india.Sri Lanka , Myanmar, Thailand, indo-china and west Malaysia.	Bark Details	Grey, bark with irregular cracks and dark patches
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Bi-pinnate
Description of Species	Large or small tree; bark grey; branchlets and panicle densely pubescent or tomentose. Leaf-rachis pubescent, with a gland below the uppermost pair of pinnae and at the base or glands abortive; pinnae 2-5 pairs; rachis of pinnae 7.5-25 cm long, a gland between the upper 1-2 pairs of the leaflets, rarely 0; leaflets 6-24 pairs, sessile or subsessile; oblong to narrowly oblong, sometimes subfalcate, 1.5-3.2 × 0.6-1.2 cm,obtuse finely appressed silky both sides or glabrescent except the margin and midrib, basal nerves 5-6, mid-nerve towards the distal margin. Peduncles 1.8-3 cm long, 1-3 together in usually ample terminal panicles. Flowers sessile. Calyx campanulate, 1-1.5 mm, pubescent, scarcely toothed. Corolla whitish, hairy all over, funnel-shaped, tube exserted,lobes one-third to as long as tube. Filaments1.5-1.8 cm long. Pods purplish-green to brown or red when mature, 13.7-30 × 2.5-5 cm. Seeds 10-12, ovoid.	Leaf Details	Leaf-rachis pubescent, with a gland below the uppermost pair of pinnae and at the base or glands abortive; pinnae 2-5 pairs; rachis of pinnae 7.5-25 cm long, a gland between the upper 1-2 pairs of the leaflets, rarely 0; leaflets 6-24 pairs, sessile or subsessile; oblong to narrowly oblong, sometimes subfalcate, 1.5-3.2× 0.6-1.2 cm,obtuse finely appressed silky both sides or glabrescent except the margin and midrib, basal nerves 5-6, mid-nerve towards the distal margin. Peduncles 1.8-3 cm long, 1-3 together in usually ample terminal panicles.

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