Albizia amara - Krishna Siris

Krishna Siris is a small tree reaching 3 to 6 m in height, with a wide, dense, round or umbrella-shaped canopy. Bark is greyish and creviced, branches dark yellowish-grey. Leaves are double compound 10-20 cm long with up to 15 pairs of sidestalks and 15-35 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are oblong 0.2-0.7 x 0.05-0.2 cm, crowded together, hairy, rounded at the tip. Flowers are white or cream, in more or less spherical heads, 2.5 cm in diameter, often extremely numerous. At flowering time the tree looks white because of the blooms. Pods are oblong, 10-30 cm long x 2-5 wide and brown at maturity. Leaves eaten by cattle, goats and sheep. Its wood is used for construction and furniture, and as a firewood. Krishna Siris is native to South Somalia to Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka.
Medicinal uses: Warning: Unverified information

The leaves and flowers are used for treatment of boils and ulcers. The leaf is also used for treatment of erysipelas. The seeds are regarded as astringent and used in the treatment of piles, diarrhea and gonorrhea. The flowers are used as a remedy for cough, ulcers, dandruff and malaria. The pharmaceutical compounds of seeds and leaves has potential broad spectrum of anticancer activity.