| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Common Name | Sisham |
| Origin | N.India, Nepal, Pakistan |
| Botanical Features | Medium-sized trees; bark greyish or pale brown, thick; branchlets pilose. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5, 2.5-6 x 2-5.5 cm, ovate, obovate or orbicular, base rounded to cuneate, apex cuspidate or acuminate, coriaceous, puberulous to pubescent when young, glabrous when mature; petiolules 3-5 mm long. Panicles axillary and/or terminal, 5-7 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers cream coloured, 6-8 mm long, subsessile. Calyx 4-6 mm long, campanulate, puberulous without; lobes oblong. Petals exserted; standard to 8 x 5 mm, obovate, long-clawed. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary long-stipitate, pubescent. Pods 2.5-7 x 0.8-1 cm, linear-oblong, base cuneate, apex acute. Seeds 1-3. |