shpriparna :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalbergia
Species: Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.

Allied species:

Classical Categorization

Charaka - Kashaya Skandha
SUsrutha - Salasaradi, Mushkakadi
Vagbhata- ASANADI, MUSHKAKADI
Kaiyadeva nighantu - Oshadhi varga
Dhanvantari nighantu - Amradi
Raja nighantu - Prabhadradi
Bhavaprakasha nighantu - Vadadi

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: krishna sara, shyama, shimshipa
English: black wood, rose wood , Indian rosewood, East Indian rosewood, dalbergia, Himalaya raintree, Indian dalbergia, penny leaf tree, penny-leaf tree, shisham, sisso, sissoo
Hindi: seesam
Urdu: Sheesham
Telugu: Irugudu, Virugudu, Sissoo
Bengali: shishu
Marathi: Sisu, Shisav
Konkani: सीसो Siso
Oriya: Sisu, Sinsapa
Gujarathi: Siram
Tamil: Irupoolai
Malayalam: irupoola
Kannada: eragundimavu, bindi
Punjabi: Sheesham
Arabic: Dalbergia, Sissoo
Spanish: Sisu
Assamese: শিশু, শিংশপা alt.সিঙ্খপা ,
Japanese: ツルサイカチ属のsissoo Tsurusaikachizoku no sissoo
Chinese: 黄檀 Huáng tán
French: ébénier juane
German: ostindisches Rosenholz
Burma: dalbergia sissoo
Nepal: Sissau, Sisham
Persian: جگ
Sinhalese: bambara wel
Greek: δέντρο sissoo

Varities:

As per Raja Nighantu

Krushna - black
Shweta - White
Kapila - grey

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