- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Synonym(s) : Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze; Amerimnon javanicum (Miq.) Kuntze; Dalbergia emarginata Roxb.; Dalbergia javanica Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
- Common name : East Indian Rosewood, Black Rosewood, Bombay Black wood, Indonesian Rosewood, Malabar rosewood
- Vernacular name :
- Sitsal, Shisham, Pahari-sissoo (Hindi)
- Beete mara (Kannada)
- Erivadi, Tawadi, Eetti, Thodagatthi, Karundorviaral (Tamil)
- Jitegi, Gitegi, Zitregi, Yerrapatsaru, Cittegi, Irugudu (Telugu)
- Gaisisu, Sisua, Sissoo, Jadimari (Oria)
- Biti, Sissu (Marathi)
- Cholaveetti, Eeti, Kariveeti, Veeti (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills to 1300m.
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 21/10/1954
- Collection Nos : CS 1938
- Collection Locality : Waghai, Dang, Gujarat
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Prakasam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Bagalkote district, Belagavi district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagere district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common in deciduous forests
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district,Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Kanyakumari district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Theni district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Villipuram district, Virudhunagar district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling, Howrah, Purulia
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Nepal
- Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- C. E. C. Fischer, 1921 - A Survey of the Flora of Anaimalai Hills in the Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dalbergia latifolia
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Dalbergia latifolia. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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