DCS Kala Siris Seed(25 per packet)

A nitrogen Deciduous tree, growing to 30 m tall in native forests. In open situations, trees develop a spreading, sometimes multi-stemmed habit, to 25 m tall and 30 m across, with low branching. Can develop root suckers, and produces dense coppicing from cut stumps. Bark rough, grey, somewhat flaky; inner bark reddish. Stems terete, punctate, green, puberulous or pubescent when young, rapidly becoming grey brown with time fixing tree, with value for shade, quality hardwood (cabinet, veneer, construction), fuel-wood and charcoal, and honey (source of nectar and pollen); proposed as an alternative forage to Leucaena leucocephala in more acid soils, particularly with the advent of the leucaena psyllid (Heteropsylla cubana), but to date has not been adopted commercially to any extent. The extensive, shallow root system makes it a good soil binder and suited to soil conservation and erosion control. Various parts of the tree are used in folk remedies for many ailments. It is also used as an ornamental and avenue tree, and sometimes as a shade tree in coffee and tea. The bark contains saponins and tannins, used for making soap and in tanning, respectively.