N. (). I.EGUMINOSyE, 
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455 . A. odoratissima. Bcntli. h.f.b.i., ii. 299 . 
Syn.: — Mimosa odoratissima, Linn. Roxb. 418. 
Vern : — Siris, bhandir, bersa, bansa(H.); Lasrin, karambni, 
polach (Pb.); Jatikoroi (Ass).) ; Siras (Bomb.) ; Kal-thuringi, Kar- 
vaglie, bilwara (Tam ); Shinduga (Tel.); Siris, chichna chichada, 
siras (Mar.) ; Kalo-sarasio (Guz.) ; Pnllibaghi, billawar, bilvara 
(Kan.) 
Habitat : — From the foot of the Central Himalayas through- 
out India. 
A large, deciduous tree, with dark green-foliage, and 
without prickles. Bark {-in. 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 
pinnos ; 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 cam pa- 
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 ylii 
are used by Santals as a remedy for coughs. (Revd. A Camp- 
bell, in Watt’s Dictionary). 
456 . . 4 . Julibrissin, Durazz. h.f.b.i., ii. 300 . 
Syn : — Mimosa Kalkora, Roxb. 418. 
Vern.: — Kolkora (B.) : Sirin, kurmru, surangru, shrish, buua 
tandai, mathirsi, brind (Pb.) ; Lai siris, baraulia, baran, bhokra 
(H.) 
Habitat : — Throughout the Himalayas, from Hazara to 
Sikkim. 
