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Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Albizia lebbeck

al-BIZ-ee-uh -- named for Filipo del Albizzi, Florentine nobleman LEB-ek -- named after a place in Egypt

commonly known as: East Indian walnut, frywood, Indian siris, koko, lebbek tree, rain tree, raom tree, siris tree, soros-tree, woman's tongue • Bengali: শিরীষ shirish • Hindi: शिरीष shirish, sissa • Kannada: bage, doddasirisa, kalbaghi • Malayalam: nenmenivaka, vaka • Marathi: chekola, chichola, sankesar, शिरस shiras, शिरीष shirish • Sanskrit: शिरीष shirish • Tamil: siridam, வாகை vagai • Telugu: దోరిసెన dorisena, pedda dirisinam, sirisamu

Origin: India, Bangladesh, Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands

... fragrant, cream-colored flowers ... on lateral stalks in rounded clusters 5 to 7.5 cm across the many threadlike, spreading, whitish-to-yellow stamens tipped with light green.

References: FAOWikipediaeFloraForest Flora of Andhra Pradesh

Blogged at: Slice of the Day by Vasant M. Salian
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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India

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