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'''Shirisha''' is a beautiful large deciduous tree found throught India and up to 900m in the Himalayas. The greenish-yellow flowers appear in abundance during the summer filling the air with a rich aroma.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Herpes}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cold and cough}}, {{Uses|Gastric}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=baage, baage mara, kallu baage|ml=chelinge, kattuvaka, nenmani, nenmeni|sa=Shirisha, krishnashirisha, mridupushpa, shukapushpa, vishanashana|ta=vaagai, vellaivenkai, kattuvakai|te=baagichettu, billa, billa vaara, dirisana, dirisanamu, sirasamu|hi=siris, siras|en=Siris}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (Astringent), Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Tikta (Bitter), Rooksha (Dry), Teeksha(Piercing)
===Veerya===
Ishat Ushna (Slightly hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|pinnae 2-4 pairs, 5.5-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, opposite, even pinnate, leaflets 8-20, opposite, even pinnate, petiolule to 1 mm long, a gland in between each leaflets, 2.7-5 x 1-2.5 cm, obliquely oblong, base of one half cuneate, other round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous above and slightly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; midrib towards distal margin,stipulate; stipules small, free, lateral, cauducous; rachis 7-9 cm long, slender, grooved above, with a gland at its base, glabrous, pulvinate; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual|3.5-3.7 cm long|Greenish-white|Many| solitary or 2-4 together in axillary corymbose racemes; peduncle 6-8 cm; bracts linear, cauducous; pedicels to 3 mm. Calyx tube funnel-shaped pubescent, 3-4.5×1.5-3 mm, teeth triangular. Petals united infundibuliform 7-10 mm long, greenish, lobes 5, lanceolate, pubescent without. Stamens many, filament tube shorter than corolla tube, filaments long exserted, green or pink; anthers very small. Ovary subsessile, glabrous, style 2.5 cm, filiform; stigma minute.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A pod| 20-30 x 4-5 cm|flat, oblong, compressed, straw coloured, base and apex obtuse, turgid above the seeded region| seeds 8-12, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, dull dark brown, flattened.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Can be easily grown from seed.
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Road sides}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 070221-4662 Albizia lebbeck.jpg|Dry seed pods
File:Starr 010220-9001 Albizia lebbeck.jpg
File:Albizia lebbek Blanco2.316.png
File:Albizia lebbeck MHNT.BOT.2015.2.45.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2012/12/26/shirisha-albizia-lebbeck-uses-medicinal-qualities-ayurveda-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/shireesh-plant]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286699208_A_review_on_parts_of_Albizia_lebbeck_L_Benth_used_as_Ayurvedic_drugs]
* [https://www.planetayurveda.com/shirish.htm]
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/medicinal-use-of-shirishalbizia-lebbeck/1283/]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
'''Shirisha''' is a beautiful large deciduous tree found throught India and up to 900m in the Himalayas. The greenish-yellow flowers appear in abundance during the summer filling the air with a rich aroma.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Herpes}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cold and cough}}, {{Uses|Gastric}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=baage, baage mara, kallu baage|ml=chelinge, kattuvaka, nenmani, nenmeni|sa=Shirisha, krishnashirisha, mridupushpa, shukapushpa, vishanashana|ta=vaagai, vellaivenkai, kattuvakai|te=baagichettu, billa, billa vaara, dirisana, dirisanamu, sirasamu|hi=siris, siras|en=Siris}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (Astringent), Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Tikta (Bitter), Rooksha (Dry), Teeksha(Piercing)
===Veerya===
Ishat Ushna (Slightly hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|pinnae 2-4 pairs, 5.5-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, opposite, even pinnate, leaflets 8-20, opposite, even pinnate, petiolule to 1 mm long, a gland in between each leaflets, 2.7-5 x 1-2.5 cm, obliquely oblong, base of one half cuneate, other round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous above and slightly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; midrib towards distal margin,stipulate; stipules small, free, lateral, cauducous; rachis 7-9 cm long, slender, grooved above, with a gland at its base, glabrous, pulvinate; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual|3.5-3.7 cm long|Greenish-white|Many| solitary or 2-4 together in axillary corymbose racemes; peduncle 6-8 cm; bracts linear, cauducous; pedicels to 3 mm. Calyx tube funnel-shaped pubescent, 3-4.5×1.5-3 mm, teeth triangular. Petals united infundibuliform 7-10 mm long, greenish, lobes 5, lanceolate, pubescent without. Stamens many, filament tube shorter than corolla tube, filaments long exserted, green or pink; anthers very small. Ovary subsessile, glabrous, style 2.5 cm, filiform; stigma minute.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A pod| 20-30 x 4-5 cm|flat, oblong, compressed, straw coloured, base and apex obtuse, turgid above the seeded region| seeds 8-12, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, dull dark brown, flattened.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Can be easily grown from seed.
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Road sides}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 070221-4662 Albizia lebbeck.jpg|Dry seed pods
File:Starr 010220-9001 Albizia lebbeck.jpg
File:Albizia lebbek Blanco2.316.png
File:Albizia lebbeck MHNT.BOT.2015.2.45.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2012/12/26/shirisha-albizia-lebbeck-uses-medicinal-qualities-ayurveda-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/shireesh-plant]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286699208_A_review_on_parts_of_Albizia_lebbeck_L_Benth_used_as_Ayurvedic_drugs]
* [https://www.planetayurveda.com/shirish.htm]
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/medicinal-use-of-shirishalbizia-lebbeck/1283/]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
