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Syn.: — Mimosa odoratissima, ''Linn. Roxb''. 418.

Vern : — Siris, bhandir, bersa, bansa (H.); Lasrin, karambru, polach (Pb.); Jatikoroi (Ass.) ; Siras (Bomb.) ; Kal-thuringi, Karvaghe, bilwara (Tam.); Shinduga (Tel.); Siris, chichna chichâda, siras (Mar.) ; Kalo-sarasio (Guz.) ; Pullibaghi, billawar, bilvara (Kan.)

Habitat : — From the foot of the Central Himalayas throughout India.

A large, deciduous tree, with dark green-foliage, and without prickles. Bark ¼in. 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 pinnæ ; pinnæ 3-8 pair ; leaflets 10-25 pair, ¾-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 campanulate, 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 ghi are used by Santals as a remedy for coughs. (Revd. A Campbell, in Watt's Dictionary).

Syn : — Mimosa Kalkora, Roxb. 418.

Vern.: — Kolkora (B.) : Sirin, kurmru, surangrn, shrish, buūa tandai, mathirsi, brind (Pb.) ; Lâl siris, baraulia, baran, bhokra (H.)

Habitat : — Throughout the Himalayas, from Hazara to Sikkim.