| Latin name | Albizia odoratissima (L. f.) Benth. | | Family | Leguminoseae | | Identified with (Skt) | bhūśirīṣa | | Identified with (Hin) | kālā śirīs | | Identified with (Tam) | karuvākai, cittilavākai | | Identified with (Mal) | puḷivāka, nellivāka, karivāka, kunnivāka | | Identified with (Eng) | Black siris | | Botanical info | A tree about 20 m high growing throughout India up to 1500 m, dark coloured young shoots, grey, rough cracked bark, abruptly pinnate leaves, white, fragrant flowers in small globose, fruits shortly stalked pods, brown, seeds flat, yellow | | Search occurrence | bhūśirīṣa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Albizia odoratissima (L. f.) Benth. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 765)
karuvākai: Fragrant sirissa. L. tr., Albizzia odoratissima
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