Medicinal plant details
Dalbergia sissooRoxb. ex DC.
(Simsapa)
| Common name | Simsapa |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Found along riverbanks, rich in alluvium soil |
| Parts used | Stem bark |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze |
| 2 | Pterocarpus sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. |
| 3 | Dalbergia pendula Ten. |
| 4 | Endespermum diversifolium Blume ex Miq. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Dalbergia |
| Species | Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Syama, Krsana Sara |
| English | Sissoo Tree |
| Hindi | Seesam |
| Kannada | Beete, eragundimavu |
| Marathi | Shisav, Sisu |
| Malayalam | Sisu, Shisav |
| Bengali | Shishu |
| Tamil | Irupoolai |
| Telugu | Irugudu, Virugudu, Sissoo |
| Urdu | Sheesham |
Morphology
It is a medium to large sized tree grows upto a height of 30 m with grey yellow trunk and 2-3 m in diameter. Leaves are leathery, pinnately compound, and alternate leaflets. Leaves are broad, ovate, hunse-like, acuminate, leaflet which is 6 cm long with fine pointed tip. Flowers are whitish to pink in colour, fragrant, nearly sessile, 5-8 mm long racemes, 2.5-3.7 cm long in short axillary panicles. Pods are flat, oblong, thin, strip like, 4-8 cm long, 1 cm wide with 1-4 seeds. Seeds are flat been shaped, 8-10 mm long. Plant has long tap root and numerous surface roots to produce suckers
Distribution
It is globally distributed in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Israel, Afganistan, Persia, Iraq, Kenya, US and Tanzania
Medicinal uses
Skin diseases, leprosy, helminthiasis, diseases of urinary system, non-healing ulcer, burning sensation, itching, hiccup, edema, chronic rhinitis
References
| 1 | Sultana, S., Asif, H. M., Naveed Akhtar, N., and Akhtar, N. (2015). Dalbergia sissoo Roxb: Monograph. Int. J. Pharmacogn, 2, 440-443. |
| 2 | Bhattacharya, M., Singh, A., and Ramrakhyani, C. (2014). Dalbergia sissoo-An important medical plant. Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2, 76-82. |