Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT043 : Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 182

Synonym : Acacia lebbeck (L.)Willd.; Acacia lebbek (L.)Willd.; Acacia macrophylla Bunge.; Acacia speciosa (Jacq.)Willd.; Albizia latifolia B.Boivin.; Albizia lebbeck var. leucoxylon Hassk.; Albizia lebbeck var. pubescens Haines.; Albizia lebbeck var. rostrata Haines.; Albizia lebbek Sensu auct.; Feuilleea lebbeck (L.)Kuntze.; Inga borbonica Hassk.; Inga leucoxylon Hassk.; Mimosa lebbeck L.; Mimosa lebbek L.; Mimosa sirissa Roxb.; Mimosa speciosa Jacq.; Pithecellobium splitgerberianum Miq.;

Plant Common Name : Siris, Bhingri, Sankesar, bage, begemara, bengha, beymada, bhandir, diriina, chinchola, darshana, dieng-salvrin, dirasan, dirasanam, dirisana, doddabagi, gachoda, garso, goddahunse, harreri, hirih, kalbaghi, kalshish, karuvagei, katu vagai, katvaghe, kinhi, kokko, kona, kothia koroi, lasrin, mathirsi, moroi, munipriva, nenmenivaka, salaunjal, samkesar sirisha, sarin, sarshio, seleyadamara sirsul, shrin, shirson, shirish, sirai, sirar, siras, sirin, siris, sirish, sirisah, tantia, tinia, vaga, vagai, vagei, vaka, vakai, vellavaka, velvgai, voghe

Plant Family : Fabaceae

Description : Deciduous trees; to 25 m high; bark 20-25 mm thick, surface yellowish-brown, rough, deeply fissured, exfoliating in irregular semi brittle scales; blaze pinkish-yellow. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules small, free, lateral, cauducous; rachis 7-9 cm long, slender, grooved above, with a gland at its base, glabrous, pulvinate, pinnae 2-4 pairs, 5.5-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, opposite, even pinnate; leaflets 8-20, opposite, estipellate, even pinnate, petiolule to 1 mm long, a gland in between each leaflets; lamina 2.7-5 x 1-2.5 cm, obliquely oblong, base of one half cuneate, other round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous above and slightly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; midrib towards distal margin, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in subglobose heads, 3.5-3.7 cm long, solitary or 2-4 together in axillary corymbose racemes; peduncle 6-8 cm; bracts linear, cauducous; pedicels to 3 mm; calyx tube funnel-shaped pubescent, 3-4.5×1.5-3 mm, teeth triangular; corolla infundibuliform 7-10 mm long, greenish, lobes 5, lanceolate, pubescent without; stamens many, filament tube shorter than corolla tube, filaments long exserted, green or pink; anthers very small; ovary subsessile, glabrous, style 2.5 cm, filiform; stigma minute. Fruit a pod 20-30 x 4-5 cm, flat, oblong, compressed, straw coloured, base and apex obtuse, turgid above the seeded region; seeds 8-12, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, dull dark brown, flattened.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : anti-septic, Antibacterial, Anti-allergic, Antidermatosis, Antidysenteric, Bronchitis, Piles, Hemicranias, Cough, Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, Asthma etc. Anticancer; The leaves and seeds are used in the treatment of eye problems such as ophthalmia. The bark is astringent. It is taken internally to treat Diarrhea, dysentery and piles. The bark is used externally to treat boils. The flowers are applied locally to maturate boils and alleviate skin eruptions. The powdered seeds are used to treat scrofula. Saponin from the pods and roots has spermicidal activity.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Julibroside J29; Julibroside J30; Julibroside J31; Budmunchiamine A; Budmunchiamine B; Budmunchiamine C; Quercetin; Isoquercitrin; Albiziatrioside A; Albiziatrioside B; Budmunchiamine L4; Budmunchiamine L5; melacacidin; D-catechin; beta-sitosterol; albiziahexoside; betulnic acid; echinocystic acid glycosides; Lupeol; stigmasterol; trans-p-coumaric acid; echinocystic acid; leucocyanidin; lebbecacidin; friedelin,; kaempferol; quercetin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (7):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Quercetin;

Kaempferol;

Catechin;

Friedelin;

Stigmasterol;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31039 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Albizia+lebbeck - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Siris%20Tree.html - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286699208

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Albizia Durazz. - albizia
Species : Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - woman's tongue