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Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Xylia Benth.

Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Acacia xylocarpa (Roxb.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Inga xylocarpa (Roxb.)DC. {Synonym}
    Mimosa xylocarpa Roxb. {Synonym}
    Xylia dolabriformis Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ironwood Of Burma [3587]; Jambu [3026]; Pyinkado [2]; Suria [3587]; Tangan [3026]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (I) [1]; Uganda (I) [1]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383]; Cambodia (N) [1913, 1998]; India (N) [1, 1914, 1944, 3042, 3094, 3101, 3103, 3366, 3375, 3380, 3587, 3635]; Andhra Pradesh [3635]; Bihar [1914]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Meghalaya [3042]; Orissa [3587]; Tamil Nadu [3103]; West Bengal [3366]; Laos (N) [1913, 1998]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1998]; Philippines (I) [2996]; Singapore (I) [2022]; Thailand (N) [1913, 1998]; Vietnam (N) [1913, 1998]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1913, 1944, 1998, 3386, 3687] ; Illustration [1913, 1998, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2996] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [2996] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2996] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Domestic [1913]; Medicine [1913, 1998]; Wood [2, 1913, 2996]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated experimetally in Singapore but never established in cultivation. [2022]
  "Excluded and Dubious" in Flora Malesiana. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

2.

  Dale, I.R., 1953
    A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda

1913.

  Nielsen, I., 1981
    Leg-Mim. In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam,Vol 19.A.

1914.

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

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

1998.

  Nielsen, I., 1985
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In:T.Smithinans

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2996.

  DeGuzman, Umali & Sotalbo, 1986
    Guide to Philippine Flora & Fauna 3:199-230. Philippines.

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3042.

  Haridasan, K. & Rao, R.R., 1985
    Forest Flora of Meghalaya Vol.1

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3101.

  Nairne, A.K., 1894
    The flowering plants of western India

3103.

  Fischer, C.E.C., 1921
    Rec.Bot.Surv.India 9:1-218. ...flora of Anaimalai Hills...

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3380.

  Mohanan, M. & Henry, A.N., 1994
    Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

3383.

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

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3587.

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

3635.

  Pullaiah, T. et al., 1992
    Flora of Adilabad District (Andhra Pradesh,India). Delhi.

3687.

  Yi, T.T., 1971
    Union Burma J.Life Sci.4:1-37.The Burmese Mimosaceae.

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