Simsapa tree

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Simsapa tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Genus: Dalbergia
Species: D. sympathetica
Binomial name
Dalbergia sympathetica

The Simsapa tree is mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya 56:31 Simsapa 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 sympathetica Nimmo, Catalog Plants, Bombay 55. 1839 This is a rosewood tree common to India and southeast Asia.