Record Number
3439
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Dalbergia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Dalbergia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Prodr. 2: 416 (1825).
Vernacular Names
Sonosissoo (general). Indonesia: sonowaseso (Java). Thailand: pradu-khaek, du-khaek (Lampang).
Distribution
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India; planted in mainland South-East Asia, Java and Africa.
Uses
The timber is used as sonosissoo. The tree is planted in agroforestry systems, the leaves are used as forage, the wood is used as firewood.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree of up to 30 m tall, bole often crooked and branchless for 3-8 m, with a diameter of up to 100 cm, buttresses absent; leaves with 3-5 leaflets and a zig-zag rachis, leaflets abruptly acuminate; flowers sessile or subsessile, corolla yellowish-white, stamens 9-10, style 0.3-0.5 mm long; pod 3-8 cm 1-1.3 cm, with 1-2(-3) seeds. Dalbergia sissoo grows on well-drained colluvial and alluvial soils, often near rivers and streams up to 1500 m altitude.
Selected Sources
[35]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen.
[102]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd edition. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur. Vol. 1 (A–H) pp. 1–1240. Vol. 2 (I–Z) pp. 1241–2444.
[120]Chakravarty, P. & Mishra, R.R., 1986. The influence of VA mycorrhizae on the wilting of Albizia procera and Dalbergia sissoo. European Journal of Forest Pathology 16: 91–97.
[160]Dahms, K.-G., 1989. Das Holzportrait: Palisander [Portraits of wood: rosewood]. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 47: 337–342.
[217]FAO, 1960. Standard nomenclature of the exportable timbers of the Asian Pacific Region. FAO, Rome. 96 pp.
[234]Flora of Tropical East Africa (various editors), 1952–. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield.
[281]Gosh, S.S., Ramesh Rao, K. & Purkayastha (Editors), 1963. Indian woods, their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 2, Linaceae to Moringaceae. Manager of Publications, Delhi. x + 386 pp.
[328]Hooker, J.D., 1872–1897. Flora of British India. 7 volumes. L. Reeve & Co., London.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[563]Puri, S. & Nagpal, R., 1988. Effect of auxins on air-layers of some agro-forestry species. Indian Journal of Forestry 11: 28–32.
[672]Suwal, B., Karki, A. & Rajbhandary, S.B., 1988. The in vitro proliferation of forest trees 1. Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. Silvae Genetica 37: 26–28.
[712]Troup, R.S., 1921. Silviculture of Indian trees. 3 volumes. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
[766]White, K.J., 1990. Dalbergia sissoo, an annotated bibliography. Winrock International. F/FRED, Bangkok.
[102]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd edition. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur. Vol. 1 (A–H) pp. 1–1240. Vol. 2 (I–Z) pp. 1241–2444.
[120]Chakravarty, P. & Mishra, R.R., 1986. The influence of VA mycorrhizae on the wilting of Albizia procera and Dalbergia sissoo. European Journal of Forest Pathology 16: 91–97.
[160]Dahms, K.-G., 1989. Das Holzportrait: Palisander [Portraits of wood: rosewood]. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 47: 337–342.
[217]FAO, 1960. Standard nomenclature of the exportable timbers of the Asian Pacific Region. FAO, Rome. 96 pp.
[234]Flora of Tropical East Africa (various editors), 1952–. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield.
[281]Gosh, S.S., Ramesh Rao, K. & Purkayastha (Editors), 1963. Indian woods, their identification, properties and uses. Vol. 2, Linaceae to Moringaceae. Manager of Publications, Delhi. x + 386 pp.
[328]Hooker, J.D., 1872–1897. Flora of British India. 7 volumes. L. Reeve & Co., London.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[563]Puri, S. & Nagpal, R., 1988. Effect of auxins on air-layers of some agro-forestry species. Indian Journal of Forestry 11: 28–32.
[672]Suwal, B., Karki, A. & Rajbhandary, S.B., 1988. The in vitro proliferation of forest trees 1. Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. Silvae Genetica 37: 26–28.
[712]Troup, R.S., 1921. Silviculture of Indian trees. 3 volumes. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
[766]White, K.J., 1990. Dalbergia sissoo, an annotated bibliography. Winrock International. F/FRED, Bangkok.
Author(s)
M.S.M. Sosef
Correct Citation of this Article
Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC.. In: Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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