SHISHAM DALBERGIA LATIFOLIA Roxb. (Family: Papilionaceae) English—Bombay Rosewood, Bombay Blackwood; Hindi—Shisham \ Bengali—Sitral; Kannada—Biti; Marathi—Shisham; Tamil—Iti, Eriwadi NAMES THS GENERIC name Dalbergia commemorates N. Dalberg, a Swedish botanist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Latifolia means ‘with broad leaves’. DISTRIBUTION The tree is indigenous and endemic from the Himalayan foothills to Central and […]
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