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Family: Mimosaceae	Genus: Albizia	Species: Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.( काला सिरिस, सिरान, कनुजरा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Mimosa chinensis Osbeck, Acacia stipulacea Roxb., Acacia stipulata DC., Albizia stipulata B.Boivin,	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Chinese albizia, Silktree	Flower Type	Capitulum
English / Trade Name	Chinese albizia, Silktree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Siran, Kanujera, Kala siris	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1800 m.	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Pods 10-17.5 cm long, 1.3-1.8 cm broad, thin, glabrous, light brown, minutely punctate. Seeds 8-12.
Habitat	It is a native of mixed deciduous forest in humid tropical and subtropical monsoon climates, occurs in secondary forest, along river banks, and in savannas.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Pakistan, India ,Ceylon, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Southern China, South East Asia, Philippine, Java.	Bark Details	Smooth grey bark
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Bi-pinnate
Description of Species	A deciduous tree, bark grey, nearly smooth, young parts hairy. Leaves bipinnate, stipules obliquely cordate, rachis with large gland about 2.5 cm from the base, pinnae 7-20 pairs, leaflets 20-45 pairs, more or less sessile, linear-oblong, falcate, subacute at the apex, truncate at the base, , glabrous above, pilose on margin and midrib below; midrib close to the upper edge; small glands between the upper pairs of pinnae. Inflorescence peduncledheads, 1-4 together, arranged in small axillary or terminal panicles. Flowers yellowish, pedicels very short or absent, bracteate; bracts ovate, acuminate, deciduous. Calyx tubular, 2.5 mm long, teeth acute, corolla hairy outside. Stamens forming a tube at the base, staminal tube longer than the corolla tube. Pods thin, glabrous, light brown, minutely punctate. Seeds 8-12.	Leaf Details	Leaves bipinnate, stipules obliquely cordate, rachis with large gland about 2.5 cm from the base, pinnae 7-20 pairs, leaflets 20-45 pairs, more or less sessile, linear-oblong, falcate, subacute at the apex, truncate at the base, , glabrous above, pilose on margin and midrib below; midrib close to the upper edge; small glands between the upper pairs of pinnae.

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