Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Albizia lebbeck al-BIZ-ee-uh -- named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman LEB-ek -- named after a place in Egypt commonly known as: East Indian walnut, frywood, Indian siris, koko, lebbek tree, raom tree, woman's tongue • Bengali: শিরীষ shirish • Gujarati: શિરીષ shirish • Hindi:सरस saras, शिरीष shirish • Kannada: ಸಿರೀಸ sirisa • Konkani: सिरस siras • Malayalam: നെന്മേനി വാക nenmeenivaaka, വാക vaaka • Manipuri: khok • Marathi: शिरस shiras, शिरीष shirish • Sanskrit: शिरीष shirish • Tamil: வாகை vagai, வெள்வேங்கை vel-venkai • Telugu: దోరిసెన dorisena • Urdu: tinia Origin: India, Bangladesh, Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands References:
Flowers of India •
Wikipedia •
eFlora •
Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Date: 25 December 2010, 11:25. Source:
Indian Siris. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.