WorldFloraDB - Dalbergia sissoo

Characteristics

Trees, with rough, gray bark. Branches numerous, horizontally spreading; young shoots puberulent. Leaves 12-15 cm; stipules caducous, lanceolate; leaflets 3-5; petiolules 8-10 mm, initially puberulent, ultimately glabrous; blades green when young, shiny when old, suborbicular, occasionally rhombic-obovate, 3.5-6 cm, puberulent when young, glabrous when old, apex rounded, shortly caudate. Panicles axillary, short, ca. 7 cm; rachis and bracteoles puberulent. Flowers nearly sessile, fragrant; bracts caducous, lanceolate. Calyx campanulate, 6-7 mm, enclosed within 2 large, broadly ovate, membranous, very caducous bracteoles, outside puberulent, 5-toothed; teeth shorter than tube, upper pair rounded, lateral 2 subacute, shorter than lowest, lowest rather narrowly lanceolate. Corolla yellowish white; petals rather long clawed; standard broadly obovate, emarginate; wings and keel oblanceolate, base without auricles, cuneate, attenuate to claw. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary oblong, pubescent, with rather long stipe ca. 4.5 mm, 4-6-ovuled; style very short; stigma capitate. Legume pale brown when dry, linear-oblong to strap-shaped, 4-8 × 0.6-1.2 cm, leathery, glabrous, faintly veined opposite 1 or 2(or 3) seeds. Seeds reniform, compressed. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jun-Nov.

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Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m high. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets; leaflets ovate to nearly orbicular, 40-55 x 30-40 mm, apex abruptly acuminate. Flowers: in rather lax, axillary panicles, 100150 mm long; calyx and peduncles sparsely pubescent; standard 9 mm long, longer than other petals; corolla pale yellow; Oct. Pods glabrescent, 60-70 x 8 mm.

A tree. It grows 10-30 m high. The trunk is 50 cm across. The crown is narrow. The leaves have 3-5 alternately arranged leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval. They taper to a tip. The flowers are small and creamy-white. They turn yellow. The fruit are pods in clusters. They are flat and have 1-2 seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.25

Mature height (meter)

10.0 - 20.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

4.5

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

rhizobia

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Open deciduous forest, on alluvial soils which are periodically inundated and along rivers, up to elevations of 1,500 metres. It colonizes localities disturbed by flooding or erosion.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It grows to 1,500 m in the Himalayas. Young trees need good sunlight. It cannot tolerate water-logging.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	animal food charcoal environmental use erosion control fodder food forage forestry fuel material medicinal oil poison shade timber vertebrate poison windbreak wood
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	Diuretics (aerial part), Spasm (aerial part), Abortifacient agents (bark), Amenorrhea (bark), Analgesics (bark), Anthelmintics (bark), Anti-inflammatory agents (bark), Antioxidants (bark), Antipyretics (bark), Aphrodisiacs (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Astringents (bark), Bronchitis (bark), Diabetes mellitus (bark), Dysentery (bark), Dysmenorrhea (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Dysuria (bark), Edema (bark), Erysipelas (bark), Expectorants (bark), Eye pain (bark), Fever (bark), Genital diseases, female (bark), Gout (bark), Graves ophthalmopathy (bark), Helminthiasis (bark), Hemorrhage (bark), Hemostasis (bark), Hiccup (bark), Inflammation (bark), Insect repellents (bark), Leprosy (bark), Menstruation-inducing agents (bark), Neuritis (bark), Pain (bark), Pruritus (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Scabies (bark), Sciatica (bark), Sinusitis (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Stomach diseases (bark), Syphilis (bark), Thirst (bark), Ulcer (bark), Urinary tract infections (bark), Urination disorders (bark), Vitiligo (bark), Vomiting (bark), Wound healing (bark), Analgesics (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Antioxidants (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Cholera (leaf), Colic (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Dysuria (leaf), Edema (leaf), Exanthema (leaf), Eye diseases (leaf), Eye pain (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Gastrointestinal diseases (leaf), Genital diseases, female (leaf), Gonorrhea (leaf), Graves ophthalmopathy (leaf), Hemorrhage (leaf), Hemostatics (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Leukorrhea (leaf), Menorrhagia (leaf), Mental disorders (leaf), Pain (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Sunstroke (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Mental disorders (plant exudate), Astringents (root), Diarrhea (root), Dysentery (root), Insect repellents (root), Dysentery (stem), Excoriation (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Antiemetics (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Exanthema (unspecified), Furunculosis (unspecified), Hemorrhoids (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Abdominal pain (wood), Anemia (wood), Anthelmintics (wood), Antiemetics (wood), Appetite stimulants (wood), Bronchitis (wood), Cachexia (wood), Calculi (wood), Diabetes mellitus (wood), Diarrhea (wood), Dysentery (wood), Dyspepsia (wood), Edema (wood), Emetics (wood), Exanthema (wood), Fever (wood), Furunculosis (wood), Gout (wood), Helminthiasis (wood), Hematologic diseases (wood), Hemorrhoids (wood), Hiccup (wood), Leprosy (wood), Lithiasis (wood), Neuritis (wood), Pain (wood), Scabies (wood), Sciatica (wood), Sinusitis (wood), Skin diseases (wood), Syphilis (wood), Ulcer (wood), Urinary bladder diseases (wood), Urination disorders (wood), Vitiligo (wood), Vomiting (wood), Wounds and injuries (wood)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds, cuttings or suckers.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	26 - 40
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-