Shisham tree

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Shisham tree

***** Location: India
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Sheesham ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ਮ is a state tree of Punjab.

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Shisham
Common name: Indian rosewood,
Shisham शीशम (Hindi), Sissu (Manipuri), Sitral (Bengali)
Botanical name: Dalbergia sissoo
Family: Fabaceae (pea family)


Photographed in Delhi

Shisham is a medium to large deciduous tree, native to India, with a light crown which reproduces by seeds and suckers. It can grow up to a maximum of 25 m in height and 2 to 3 m in diameter, but is usually smaller. Trunks are often crooked when grown in the open. Leaves are leathery, alternate, pinnately compound and about 15 cm long.

Flowers are whitish to pink, fragrant, nearly sessile, up to 1.5 cm long and in dense clusters 5-10 cm in length. Pods are oblong, flat, thin, strap-like 4-8 cm long, 1 cm wide, and light brown. They contain 1-5 flat bean-shaped seeds 8-10 mm long. They have a long taproot and numerous surface roots which produce suckers. It is primarily found growing along river banks below 900 m elevation, but can range naturally up to 1300 m.

Shisham is best known internationally as a premier timber species of the rosewood genus. However, Shisham is also an important fuel wood, shade, and shelter. With its multiple products, tolerance of light frosts and long dry seasons, this species deserves greater consideration for tree farming, reforestation and agro forestry applications. After teak, it is the most important cultivated timber tree in India, planted on roadsides, and as a shade tree for tea plantations.
source : www.flowersofindia.in


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

flowing river
stretching upward
the sheesham tree

Sandip Sital Chauhan


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Related words

***** . Haiku from Punjab .


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