N. O. LRGUMINOS^E. 511 



455. A. odoratissima. Benili. h.f.bj., 11. 299. 



Syn.: — Mimosa odoratissima, Linn. Roxb. 418. 



Vern : — Siris, bhandir, bersa, bansa (H.); Lasrin, karambru, 

 polach (Pb.); Jatikoroi (Ass.) ; Siras (Bomb.) ; Kal-thuringi, Kar- 

 vaghe, bilwara (Tarn.); Shinduga (Tel.); Siris, chichna chichada, 

 siras (Alar.) ; Kalo-sarasio (Guz.) ; Pullibaghi, billawar, bilvara 

 (Kan.) 



Habitat : — From tlie foot of the Central Himalayas through- 

 out India. 



A large, deciduous tree, with dark green-foliage, and 

 without prickles. Bark Jin. thick, grey, with irregular cracks 

 and darker patches, granular. Wood hard ; sapwood large ; 

 white heart- wood dark-brown, with darker streaks. Branchlets 

 petioles and inflorescence pubescent ; leaf rachis finely downy, 

 with a gland at the base of the petiole and of the 1-2 upper 

 pinnas ; pinme 3-8 pair ; leaflets 10-25 pair, f-lin. long, oblong- 

 obtuse, unequal-sided, somewhat falcate, pale glabrous or 

 pubescent beneath. Flower-heads pale yellow, fragrant, in 

 compact corymbs arranged in large terminal panicles. Corolla 

 and Calyx densely strigose, with short hairs, the former campa- 

 nulate, 5 times longer than the Calyx. Anthers yellow. Pods 

 6-8in. long, lin. broad, dehiscent, tomentose when young, 

 glabrous when ripe. 



Parts used : — The bark and leaves. 



Use : — The bark applied externally, is considered efficacious 

 in the leprosy and in inveterate ulcers. The leaves boiled in ghi 

 are used by Santals as a remedy for coughs. (Revd. A Camp- 

 bell, in Watt's Dictionary). 



456. A. Julibrissin, Durazz. h.f.b.i., ii. 300. 



Syn : — Mimosa Kalkora, Roxb. 418. 



Vern.: — Kolkora (B.) : Sirin, kurmru, surangrn, shrish, buua 

 tandai, niathirsi, brind (Pb.) ; Lai siris, baraulia, baran, bhokra 

 (H.) 



Habitat : — Throughout the Himalayas, from Hazara to 

 Sikkim. 



