Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Albizia | Species: Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Benth.( काला सिरिस, सिरिस, सिरास ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Mimosa lebbeck Linn., Acacia lebbeck (Linn.) Willd | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Siris, Siras | Flower Type | Capitulum |
| English / Trade Name | Siris Tree, Siris tree, Woman's tongue, Saras | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Siris, Siras, Kala siris | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pods flat, straw – coloured, 6 – 10 seeded. |
| Habitat | Common; miscellaneous forest of submontane tracts, planted on roadsides. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Widely distributed or naturalized in most tropical region of the world. | Bark Details | Dark – grey bark. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees upto 27 m high, with dark – grey bark. Leaves pinnately compound, gland near the base of petiole and one between uppermost pair of pinnae; 2 – 3 pairs; leaflets 4 – 8 pairs, obliquely elliptic – oblong, obtuse or retuse, glabrescent, mid – rib near upper margins. Flowers greenish – white, shortly pedicelled, fragrant, headsm arranged in corymbose racemes; Calyx funnel – shaped. Corolla twice as long as calyx. Pods flat, straw – coloured, 6 – 10 seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves pinnately compound, gland near the base of petiole and one between uppermost pair of pinnae; 2 – 3 pairs; leaflets 4 – 8 pairs, obliquely elliptic – oblong, obtuse or retuse, glabrescent, mid – rib near upper margins. |
