| Synonym : | Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.) Kuntze
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| Bangla Name : | Sisu, Sishoo kath. |
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| English Name : | Sisso, Black Wood, Resewood. |
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| Family : | Fabaceae |
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| Disease : | Astringent, haemostatic, haemorrhages, epistaxis, menorrhagia, piles, gonorrhea, dysentery, alterative, anthelmintic, leprosy, boils, eruptions, scabies, scalding urine, syphilis, and to allay vomiting. |
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| Description : | A medium-sized to large, deciduous tree. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 3-5, firm, 3.8-6.3 cm long, distant, alternate, suborbicular. Flowers small, pale yellow in axillary panicles, shorter than the leaves. Pods 3.8-10 cm long, lanceolate. |
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| Distribution : | Planted throughout the country. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain sissotrin and an isoflavone-O-glycoside. Flowers contain biochenin A, tectorigenin, 7,4-dimethyl tectorigenin and 7-O-methyltectorigenin. Green pods contain meso-inisitol, 7-O-methyltectorigenin and its 4ยด-rhamnoglucoside. Mature pods conta |
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| Uses : | Dried bark and fresh leaves are used as a local astringent and haemostatic in various forms of haemorrhages, epistaxis, menorrhagia and bleeding piles. Decoction of the leaves is useful in acute stage of gonorrhoea. The leaf extract is given in dysentery |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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