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Botanical Name:
Albizzia lebbeck
Shirish consists of stem bark of Albizzia lebbeck Benth,
Family Fabaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Bhandi, Sitapuspa, Sukapriya, Mrdupuspa
Bengali: Sirish, Siris
English: Siris Tree, Lebbeck Tree
Guajarati: Shirish
Hindi: Siris, Shiris
Kannada: Bagey, Bage Mara, Hombage
Malayalam: Vaka, Nanmenivaka
Marathi: Siris
Oriya: Sersuan, Sirisha
Punjabi: Sirish, Sareehn
Tamil: Vakai
Telugu: Dirisena
Urdu: Siris
Botanical description:
Albizia lebbeck is a large tree and can attain a height of
30 m and a diameter of 1 m; more often it is 15-20 m tall
with a diameter of 50 cm; bark grey-violet with rusty brown
breathing pores, rough and fissured. Compound leaves
bipinnate, glabrous or slightly hairy on the axis; pinnae in
2-4 pairs, each with 2-11 pairs of obliquely oblong leaflets
15-45 x 8-22 mm, shortly stalked; glabrous glands are
raised, elliptic to circular, on the upper side of the stalk
close to the base and between most pairs of leaflets.Flowers
appear shortly after new leaves, are white, heavily scented,
with the stamens free above the corolla, in heads 18-36 mm
across excluding the stamens, on a stout stalk 5-7.5 cm
long, appearing singly or in small clusters in the leaf
axils and in terminal panicles; stamens
30-40,yellowish-green on top side, white underside, up to 5
cm long; flower stalks up to 5 mm long; corolla tube, 1 cm
long. Pods pale straw to light brown at maturity,
narrow-oblong, 15-26 x 3-5 cm, papery, leathery, flat and
not raised or constricted between seeds; seeds brown, flat,
orbicular or elliptic, 8-10 x 6-7 mm; transversely placed
with 6- 12 in each pod.
Parts used:
Stem bark
Major chemical constituent:
Saponins and Tannins
Therapeutic uses:
• Eczema (Pama)
• Diseases of skin (Kustha)
• Itching (Kandu)
• Erysepales (Visarpa)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Ulcer (Vrana)
• Inflammation (Sotha)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Rat poisoning (Musaka Visa)
• Urticaria (Sita Pitta)
• Vitiation of Blood and its components (Raktadusti)
• Chronic rhinitis (Pinasa)
• Intermittent fever (Visamajvara)
• Coryza (Pratisyaya)
• Snake bite (Sarpadansa)
• Disorders due to poison (Visadusti)
• Sinusitis (Suryavarta)
• Migraine (Ardhvabhedaka)
• Worm infestation (Krmi Roga)
• Conjunctivitis (Netrabhiasanda) |
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