Dalbergia sissoo

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After teak, it is the most important cultivated timber tree in India, planted on roadsides, and as a shade tree for tea plantations. Sissoo makes first class cabinetry and furniture. It is used for plywood, agricultural, and musical instruments, skis, carvings, boats, floorings, etc. The leaves are used for fodder.

Similar plants:

• Dalbergia armata (Thorny Rope )
• Dalbergia cochinchinensis, Dalbergia cambodiana (Thailand Rosewood)
• Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (Coinvine)
• Dalbergia latifolia, Dalbergia emarginata (Black Rosewood, Blackwood Tree, East Indian Rosewood, Indian Blackwood, Indian Rosewood, Malabar Rosewood)
• Dalbergia oliveri (Burma Tulipwood, Pinkwood, Tamalan Tree)
• Mundulea sericea, Dalbergia sericea, Mundulea suberosa (Silver Bush, Cork Bush, Sheesham Tree)