Dalbergia sissoo

Botanical Name – Dalbergia sissoo

Common Name – Indian rosewood, Shisham

Distribution

• Throughout India
  
  

Habitat

• Semi evergreen forests
  
  

Habit

·        Medium Tree

·        Evergreen tree

Specific Properties

•         Nitrogen fixer
•         Have pesticidal properties
  
  

Ecology

•         Flowers visited by bees and butterflies
  
  

Uses

•         Most useful timber species of India
•         Used as a windbreak in mango, coffee and tea plantations
•         Useful for stabilizing eroding sites
•         Widely used in urban and roadside plantings
•         Young branches and foliage form an excellent fodder
  
  

Propagation

•         Seeds