Dalbergia latifolia

Krishna-simsapa, Dalbergia latifolia

Uses

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Parts Used

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Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	beete, beete mara
Hindi	kala-shisham
Malayalam	beety, veetti
Tamil	itti, thodagathi
Telugu	chittegi, nalla yarugudu chettu
Marathi	kalarukh, sheesham
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	simsapa, krishna-sinsapa
English	indian rosewood

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Pinnate	Alternate	rachis 7.5-20.5 cm, slender, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 3-9, alternate, exstipe llate; petiolule upto 10 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 2.5-10 x 2.5-10 cm, orbicular, base acute or very rarely truncate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, ascending, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Short corymbose panicles	Pale yellow	9	Flowers bisexual, 5-6 mm long, white, in short corymbose panicles from the axils of fallen leaves of previous years shoot; bracteoles small, deciduous; calyx tube campanulate; lobes 5, subequal, upper 2 connate, lateral obtuse, lower acute; petals 5, standard petal obovate, cuneate at base, reflexed, wings 6 x 2.5 mm, clawed, base auricled, keel 6 mm long, hastate, united, clawed; stamens 9, monadelphous; staminal tube 4 mm, split open one side; ovary stipitate, inferior, 5-7 mm, glabrous, 1-celled, ovules 1-few; style slender, incurved, glabrous; stigma capitate.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A pod	5-7.5 x 1.5-1.8 cm		oblong-lanceolate, tip obtuse, distinctly marked in the place of seeds, but not wrinkled, indehiscent; seeds 1-4, reniform, brown.

Mode of Propagation

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Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Deciduous forest

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