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Dalbergia sissoo
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Blatherwick Road entrance gate
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mukuvisi Woodland, by Blatherwick Road entrance gate
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Sheesham (English) Sisso (English) |
| Description: | Tree. Leaves 1-pinnate, with 3-5 alternately-arranged leaflets; leaflets broadly ovate to subcircular; apex acuminate. Flowers small, creamy-white, turning yellowish. |
| Notes: | Cultivated as an ornamental and recorded in Drummond's 1981 checklist as naturalised in divisions N,W and C. It appears to be a rare escape in Zimbabwe.The trees in the Mukuvisi woodland (record no. 3284) are possibly planted. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | SE Asia |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 24 September 2005 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 75 - 76. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 47. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 64. |
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