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Albizia chinensis (Osbeck)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia chinensis (Osbeck)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Acacia stipulata DC. {Synonym}
    Albizia marginata (Lam.)Merr. {Synonym}
    Albizia stipulata B.Boivin {Synonym}
    Inga purpurascens Hassk. {Synonym}
    Mimosa chinensis Osbeck {Synonym}
    Mimosa marginata Lam. {Synonym}
    Mimosa stipulacea Roxb. {Synonym}
    Pithecellobium serronii Glaz. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Albizi [3402]; Bonara Vazaha [3402]; Siran [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (I) [8]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [7]; Zimbabwe (I) [6]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383, 3744]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Borneo (N) [2986]; Brunei (N) [3004]; Burma (N) [1986]; Cambodia (N) [1913]; China (N) [261, 1913, 2986, 3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Guangxi [3403]; Hunan [3403]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; East Timor (N) [2022]; India (N) [1913, 1947, 1986, 2986, 3009, 3020, 3027, 3031, 3040, 3041, 3043, 3092, 3094, 3101, 3140, 3142, 3144, 3366, 3368, 3377, 3380, 3615, 3672]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3031]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3380]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3672]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3368]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1986, 2998]; Bali [1986]; Jawa (N) [261]; Kalimantan (N) [2998]; Laos (N) [1913]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [261]; Malaysia (N) [1986, 2999, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [1913, 1914]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [2010]; Philippines (N) [261]; Sabah (N) [2999]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Sri Lanka (N) [1913, 1927, 1986, 2986]; Sumatera (N) [1986]; Thailand (N) [1998]; Vietnam (N) [1913, 2986]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Guadeloupe (I) [2986]; Puerto Rico (I) [2986]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [2986]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [261, 3389, 3744]; Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [261, 3366]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [2986]
  South America
Brazil (I) [2986]; Rio De Janeiro [2986]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1913, 1927, 1947, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2986, 2999, 3386, 3402, 3403, 3742, 3898] ; Illustration [1913, 1998, 3386, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Further editing: 2001-05 Bisby FA & Roskov YR, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 2001-05 Barneby RC & Grimes JW (Monograph 1996/97) ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract,

  
USES:
  Environmental [261, 1947, 1998, 2022, 3402]; Forage [1947]; Wood [2022, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Fast growing; cultivated. [261]
  Native of Tropical and Sub-tropical Asia. [1915]

  
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