Bitterroot Restoration

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Common name: Sitsal(Beng.); Indian rosewood(Eng.).
Life cycle: Annual
Native Range: Native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia.

Dalbergia latifolia is predominantly a single-stemmed deciduous tree with a dome shaped crown of lush green foliage, which on wet sites are not shed. The trees reach a height of 20-40 m with a girth of 1.5-2m. Their bark is gray. Leaves are alternate, odd-pinnate with 5-7 unequal sized leaflets originating from the same rachis. Their flowers are white in axillary panicles.

Tannins from the bark are used to produce medicines for the treatment of diarrhoea, worms, indigestion, and leprosy.