Description:
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Dalbergia sissoo dal-BERG-ee-uh -- for Nils & Carl Dahlberg, Swedish botanist and officer, respectively see-soo -- derived from vernacular name sissoo commonly known as: blackwood-tree, Indian dalbergia, Indian rosewood, shisham • Bengali: শিশ sisu • Gujarati: સીસમ sisam • Hindi: शीशम shisham • Kannada: agara • Manipuri: sissu • Marathi: शिसव or शिंसव shisav, शीशम shisham, शिंसवा shisva, शिसवी or शिंसवी shisvi, sissu • Punjabi: ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਮ sheesham, ਤਾਹ੍ਲਿ taahli • Sanskrit: अगुरु aguru, शिंशपा shinshapa • Tamil: சிசே cice, gette, ஈட்டிமரவகை ittimaravakai, மரவகை maravakai, நூக்கம் nukkam • Telugu: ఇరుగుడుచెట్టు iruguducettu, శికుప sikupa, శింకవ sinkava, శింకువ sinkuva Native of: India, Nepal, and Pakistan References:
Flowers of India •
Wikipedia •
PIER species info •
Haryana Online. Date: 29 May 2010, 14:21. Source:
Indian Rosewood tree. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.