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==Uses==
{{Uses|Hairfall}}, {{Uses|Dandruff}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Gonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Boils and burns}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{<ref name="Uses|}}."/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|stemBark}}, {{Parts Used|leavesPods}}, {{Parts Used|RootSeeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The seed extract showed DNA binding activity, which has been found to be due to pithecolibine alkaloids, budmunchiamines. The leaves contain prodelphinidins, myricitrin, hyperin, quercitrin, transp-coumaric acid, cis-p-coumaric acid and trans-ferulic acid. The seeds contain echinocystic acid and taxifolin--O-beta-D xylopyranosyl-beta-D-arbinopyranoside. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=krishnasirish|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=balukambi, beelkambi, chigare, kadusige, ruggli|ks=|ml=chalavagai, oosulay, sulivaka, varacchi, varachi|mr=lulai, lullei, thugli, lalisurangi|pa=|ta=arappu, arappumaram, cikkiram, turinjil, ushilam|te=chigara, chikkareni, chikondi, nallarenga, shekrani}}
==Properties==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|stipulate; stipules minute, free, lateral, lanceolate, cauducous; rachis 3-15 cm, slender, pulvinate, with a gland near the base on the upper side, yellow tomentose; pinnae 3-16 pairs, opposite, even pinnate, 2.5-7 cm, slender, rachis with a bristle at the terminal end, with a gland in between terminal pairs on the upper side or between all pairs; leaflets 20-60, opposite, even pinnate, estipellate, lamina 3-8 x.1-2 mm, sessile, linear, base oblique, apex subacute or obtuse, margin entire, ciliate or glabrous; surface appressed-pubescent or glabrescent, chartaceous; midrib more or less central, rarely towards the distal margin, lateral nerves obscure.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|heads solitary or 2-3 in axillary fascicles|Pale yellow|6-8 mm long; peduncle to 5 cm, slender, densely pubescent; bracts to 5 mm, cauducous; pedicel to 1 mm, puberulous; calyx funnel-shaped, 1-2×1-1.5 mm, puberulous, teeth 5, short; corolla, 3-4 mm long, glabrous except the bearded apex, lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate; stamens many, 1-1.5 cm long, monadelphous at base, tube as long as or slightly shorter than the corolla tube, filaments long exserted; ovary stipitate, pubescent, style filiform, stigma minute. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Pods|10-24 x 2.5-4 cm||flat, greyish-brown, veiny, straight or wavy along margin, base and apex rotund, horned, indehiscent; seeds 6-13, compressed, ovate-orbicular.||}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Seed - it has a hard seedcoat and may benefit from scarification before sowing to speed up germination. This can usually be done by pouring a small amount of nearly boiling water on the seeds (being careful not to cook them!) and then soaking them for 12 - 24 hours in warm water. By this time they should have imbibed moisture and swollen - if they have not, then carefully make a nick in the seedcoat (being careful not to damage the embryo) and soak for a further 12 hours before sowing. The treated seed can be then sown and will germinate within 7 - 10 days. Germination rate is about 80%. <ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Dry deciduous forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry area}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Albizia amara flowers.JPG|Leaves and flowersFile:Albizia amara leaves.JPG|LeavesFile:Albizia amara (Krishna Siris) near Hyderabad W IMG 7621.jpg|FlowersFile:Albizia amara subsp. amara (5656885286).jpg|BarkFile:Albizia amara (Krishna Siris) in Hyderabad W IMG 7396.jpg|FlowersFile:Albizia amara01.jpg|PodsFile:Albizia amara03.|Pods
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf"chemistry"]</ref><ref name="Uses">[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/83a6/ae092d3ad82bcc0660185d9e9f72b7751209.pdf"morphology"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search"Common names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245368"morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Albizia+amara"Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Albizia_amara.PDF]* [ ]* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
