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Amherstia nobilis Wall.

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GENUS: Amherstia Wall.

Amherstia nobilis Wall. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Pride Of Burma [1902]; Tree Of Heaven [3383, 3618]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3383]; Burma (N) [3938]; India (I) [1914, 3027, 3587]; Karnataka [1914]; Orissa [3587]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (I) [2023, 3898]; Malaysia (I) [3011]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2002]; Peninsular Malaysia (I) [1948, 3011]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (U) [2002]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1790]
  Central America
El Salvador (I) [2156]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3389]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Northern Marianas (I) [2235]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1941, 2002, 2023, 3001, 3011, 3378, 3383, 3587, 3618, 3653, 3898] ; Illustration [261, 3618, 3653]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1941] ; Source(s): 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 20

  
USES:
  Environmental [1790, 1941, 2002, 2023, 3938]; Miscellaneous [3378, 3618]

  
NOTES:
  Native of Burma. [3938]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1948.

  Whitmore, T.C., 1972
    Tree Flora of Malaya, Vol.1. London:Longman

2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2156.

  Berendsohn, W.G. & AranivaGonza, 1979
    Cuscatlania 1(2):1-16

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3378.

  Naskar, K., 1993
    Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta Vol.1

3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
    Tree Legumes of Bangladesh

3389.

  Parkinson, C.E., 1923
    A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3618.

  Benthall, A.P., 1946
    The trees of Calcutta. Calcutta.

3653.

  Anonymous, 1979
    Tropical Legumes:Resources for the Future. Washington.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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