Trees, to 25 m. Leaves 3 or 5-foliolate, 15 cm; stipules lanceolate, 4 × 1 mm, apex acuminate; petiole (2–)3–6 cm, usually densely pilose or villous, sometimes glabrate; rachis flexuous; petiolules 2–6 mm, usually densely pilose or villous, sometimes glabrate; leaflet blades ovate, 20–65 × 20–65 mm, base rounded, apex abruptly acuminate or cuspidate, surfaces lustrous with age, puberulent or glabrous. Inflorescences subcymose or paniculate, axes puberulent; bracts caducous, blade obovate, 2 × 0.5–1 mm, apex truncate or obtuse; bracteoles caducous, blade elliptic, 2 × 1 mm, apex subacute. Pedicels 0.2–0.7 mm. Flowers: calyx 3–5 mm, base rounded, puberulent, abaxial lobe usually 2 mm longer than lateral lobes, adaxial lobes rounded, connate nearly to apex; corolla creamy white to yellowish, 8–10 mm; stamens 9, monadelphous; filaments alter­nately long and short; pistil puberulent. Legumes stalk 5–6 mm; narrowly ellipsoid to oblong, 40–100 × 6–15 mm, base attenuate to cuneate, apex acute to rounded, surface sublustrous to reticulate, glabrous. Seeds 1 or 2(–4). 2n = 20.

Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: widely cultivated worldwide in tropical areas..
Elevation: 0–50 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Asia, widely cultivated worldwide in tropical areas.

Discussion

Dalbergia sissoo is a cultivated timber tree in India, where it is used for cabinetry, furniture, carvings, and musical instruments (M. Chudnoff 1984). In southern Florida, it is grown as an ornamental and has escaped; it is listed as a Category II invasive species by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (www.fleppc.org).

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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