Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth. al-BIZ-ee-uh -- named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman oh-dor-uh-TISS-ee-muh -- most fragrant commonly known as: black siris, Ceylon rosewood, fragrant albizia, tea shade tree • Assamese: কৰৈ koroi • Bengali: কাকুর সিরিস kakur siris • Garo: khelbi • Gujarati: કાળો શિરીષ kalo shirish • Hindi: काला सिरिस kala siris • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಬಾಗೆ kaadu baage • Khasi: dieng krait • Konkani: काळी शिरस kali siras • Malayalam: കരുവാക karuvaka, കുന്നിവാക kunnivaka, നെല്ലിവാക nellivaka, പുളിവാക pulivaka • Manipuri: uin • Marathi: चिंचवा chinchava • Mizo: kangtekpa • Nepali: कालो शिरिश kalo shirish • Oriya: ଟିଣିଆ tiniya • Punjabi: ਲਸਰੇ lasre, ਲਸਰੀਂ lasrin • Sanskrit: शिरीष shirisha • Tamil: சிலை cilai, கருவாகை karu-vakai • Telugu: చిందుగ cinduga Native to: Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam References:
Flowers of India •
World Agroforestry Centre •
RNGR •
GRIN •
eFlora •
FRLHT •
DDSA. Date: 29 May 2011, 13:42. Source:
Black Siris. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
15° 26′ 17.14″ N, 74° 20′ 14.14″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 15.438094; 74.337261.