Common Names in English : acacia, black siris, east Indian walnut, frywood, kokko, koko, lebbeck, lebbeck tree, lebbek, lebbek tree, mother-in-law’s tongue, parrot tree, rain tree, raom tree, rattle pod, silk flower, silk tree, silver raintree, siris, siris rain tree, siris tree, sizzling tree, soros-tree, woman’s tongue (because the pods rustle in the slightest breeze and are said to be … whispering all the time), woman’s tongues, women’s-tongue-tree in Madagascar : alomboro, bonara, fany, faux mendoravina in Nigeria : eshegeshege in South Africa : lebbeckboom, lebbekboom in Tanzania : mfureta in Yoruba : ayinre, ayinreye in Cambodia : chreh in India : adukkavagai, akashmoni, antutim, atukkuvakai, baage, baage mara, baagichettu, bage, bageda, bagemara, baghi, bagi, baji, barhapushpa, begemara, belisiras, beymada, bhandi, bhandika, bhandila, bhandira, billa, billa vaara, bodosirsi, charas, chekola, chelin...