Simsapa tree

Taxobox
name = Simsapa tree


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Dalbergieae
genus = "Dalbergia"
species = " sissoo"
binomial = "Dalbergia sissoo"

The Simsapa tree is mentioned in the Wisdom Publicatios Edition of the Pali Scripture: Samyutta Nikaya 56 Saccasamyutta 31(1) Simsapa Grove Sutta: The Buddha compares a few leaves in his hand with the number of leaves overhead in the forest to illustrate what he teaches and what he does not teach.Scientific name:"Dalbergia sissoo" This is a rosewood tree common to India and southeast Asia.There is another South Asian tree also termed "Simsapa" It is the "Amherstia nobilis" of the Family "Caesalpiniaceae".