Fabaceae
Indian rosewood
Dalbergia sissoo
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dalbergia
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- ساسم, سرسوع
- arz
- ساسم
- Bangla
- শিশু গাছ
- Burmese
- ကုလားပိတောက်
- Chinese
- 印度黃檀, 印度黄檀, 印度檀, 茶檀, 降香
- English
- Indian rosewood, Rose wood, Shisham, Sisoo, Sissoo, Sissoo tree, Sissu, Sisu
- French
- Bois de sesham, Sesham, Sheesham, Shisham, Sissoo
- German
- Sheesham, Shesham
- Gujarati
- સીસમ
- Hebrew
- סיסם הודי, דלברגיה, סיסם
- Hindi
- शीशम
- Japanese
- シッソノキ
- Kannada
- ಸೀಸಂ
- Korean
- 북인도황단, 인디언 로즈우드
- lah
- ٹاہلی
- Malayalam
- ശിംശപ, ശിംശപാ
- Marathi
- शिसव
- Nepali
- सिसौ
- Persian
- جگ, سیسم, شیشم
- Punjabi
- ਟਾਹਲੀ, ਭਾਰਤੀ ਰੋਜਵੁੱਡ, ਰੋਜ਼ਵੁੱਡ, ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ਮ
- Sindhi
- ٽالهي, شيشم
- Tamil
- சிசே மரம்
- Telugu
- ఇరిడి, సిసూ
- Urdu
- شیشم, Indian Rosewood, ٹالی, ٹاہلی
Synonyms
- Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze
- Dalbergia pendula Ten.
- Endespermum diversifolium Blume ex Miq.
- Pterocarpus sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paryavarana Margadarsi Vaisakhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aditya Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sterling Herron, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.