Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. - Indian rosewood
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. - Indian rosewood
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. - Indian rosewood
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. - Indian rosewood
MT109 : Dalbergia sissoo DC.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.)Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sisu-goch, Indian rosewood, Shisham (Hindi), Sissu (Manipuri), Sitral (Bengali) |
| Plant Family | : | FABOIDEAE |
| Description | : | Tree with rough bark and mainly longitudinal furrows, young branch pubescent. Leaf imparipinnate, rachis c. 3.7-7.5 cm long; leaflets 3-5, c. 3.5-6.5 cm long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, glabrescent, petiolule c. 5-8 mm long; stipules c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary panicle, composed of several short spikes with sessile to subsessile flowers. Bract small, pubescent, caducous. Calyx c. 5 mm long, teeth ciliate, unequal, shorter than the tube. Corolla yellowish white. Stamens 9, monadelphous, tube slit on the upper side only, anthers uniform. Ovary pubescent, 2-4-ovulate, style glabrous, stigma capitate. Fruit c. 3.7-10 cm long, c. 7.0-13 mm broad, strap-shaped, glabrous, 1-4-seeded. Seed flattened. Fl. Per.: March-May. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Was planted as avenue |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Powdered wood, leaves and seed oil are used in traditional medicine in India, especially to treat skin diseases. The leaves are reportedly used as a stimulant and to treat gonorrhea and wounds. Ethanolic leaf extracts showed significant anti-inflammatory activity, without side effects on gastric mucosa. Decoction of leaves is useful in gonorrhea. Root is astringent. Wood is alterative, useful in leprosy, boils, eruptions and to allay vomiting. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: tectoridin; biochanin A; Dalbergenone; Dalbergichromene; Dalbergin; dalbergiphenol; Isocaviudin; Isocaviunin; Isodalbergin; linolenic acid; Methyldalbergin; Nordalbergin; Octadecanoate; oleic acid; palmitic acid; Sissotrin; Tectorigenin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Biochanin A; Palmitic acid; Tectoridin; Tectorigenin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ Rashmi Yadav, Sadhana Singh, Brijesh Gupta and KN Dwivedi; "A review on (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) with special reference to its role in prameha as per brihtrayi and chikitsa granth"; Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (2018); 7(4): 216-220 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Dalbergia L. f. - Indian rosewood |
| Species | : Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. - Indian rosewood |