Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dalbergia sissoo
Scientific Name and Description
Dalbergia sissoo ROXB.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.) Kuntze
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | sheesham, shisham wood, sisso, South Indian rosewood, Black wood, Rosewood, Shisham |
| Hindi | shisham, shisham tali, sisam, sisham, sishum, sissai, sissu, sisu, tahli, tali, talli, Shisham, Sesam, Shiso Shisav |
| Kannada | agara, agaru, aguru, bindi, birade, biradi, biridi, cishmabage, gette, hambachaaru, hambadavu, ibadi, ibadi mara, iragundimaavu, iragundimara, irugundimavu, irukuntimavu, karimara, nooke mara, shishmabage, shisso, shista baage, shivanakadalu, simsape, simsupe, sishmabage, Biridi, Agaru |
| Malayalam | irupul, iruvil, pivala-sesba, sisam, sissu, tali,Iruvil |
| Marathi | shisham, siso, sissu, sisva, Sisu, Sisva |
| Sanskrit | aguru, agurushinshupa, dhira, dhumrika, kalanusarya, kapila, kapila-sinsapa, krishnasara, krsnasara, mandalapatri, pichhila, pipala, shingshupa, shinshapa, shyama, simsapa, sinsapa, tivradhumaka, vira, yugapatrika, शशंप, Pippala, Yugapattika, Pichhila, Shyama, Krishnasara |
| Tamil | cicamaram, cice, cicu,cicumaram, cincupam, gette, itti, kannacaram, kiruttinacarucapam, nakku-kattai, nukkam, nukku, nukku,nuku-kattai, piccai2, pichai, sisham, sissoo, sisu, sisu-itti, tesimaram, vellitti,yette, Gette, Mukkogette |
| Telugu | errasisso, errasissu, ettasissu, sinsupa, sissoo, sissu, sissu-karra, sissukarrha, yerrasissu,Sinsupa |
| Tibetan | si sa ba, sim sa pa (p) |
| Urdu | burada shisham, burada shishan, sheesham, shisham, |
| Common name | Shisham |
| Oriya | Padimi, Sisu |
| Assamese | Sissu; Konkani-Siso |
| Gujrati | Sissom, Sis |
| Bengali | Shisu |
| Nepali | Bandre Shirin, Sissau |
| Punjabi | Nelkar, Tali |
| Arabic | Sasam, Sasim |
| Common name | North Indian rosewood, shisham, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Wood
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Dalbergia sissoo DC
Habit - Tree
Parts used - Leaves, bark
Application - Urine inflammation; diarrhoea; bleeding piles; skin diseases; dysentery; diarrhoea; ulcer; leucoderma; analgesic; antipyretic
Treatment - General
References - Tetali et al. 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Tetali et al. 2009
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Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Dalbergia sissoo. (2024, June 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalbergia_sissoo