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Albizia amara (Roxb.)B.Boivin

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia amara (Roxb.)B.Boivin [Preferred name]
    Acacia amara Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia nellyrenza Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Acacia wightii Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Mimosa amara Roxb. {Synonym}
    Mimosa pulchella Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kaunthia [3375]; Oil Cake Tree [3742]; Seljhari [3375]; Thuringi [4751]; Usil Ujil [4751]; Uyil [4751]; Wienja [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Botswana (N) [1]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [1]; Kenya (N) [1]; Malawi (N) [6]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Rwanda (N) [38]; South Africa (N) [1]; Sudan (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [7]; Zambia (N) [6]; Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  Asia
India (N) [1, 3017, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3094, 3099, 3113, 3372, 3375, 3377, 3742]; Andhra Pradesh [3742]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Orissa [3026]; Punjab [3377]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3742]; Sri Lanka (N) [1, 1927]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [33];
    Sudanian woodland [33];
    Zambezian woodland [33];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 1927, 3009, 3386, 3742] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [3742]; Medicine [22, 3030, 3742]; Wood [3030, 3742]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

7.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

22.

  Drummond & Coates Palgrave, 1973
    Common Trees of the Highveld

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

38.

  Troupin, G., 1982
    Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda.

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

1927.

  Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1980
    Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1.M.D. Dassanayalu....

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3026.

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

3027.

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

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3094.

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

3099.

  Almeida, S.M., 1990
    The flora of Savantwadi, Maharashtra, India Vol 1

3113.

  Ramachandran, V.S. & Nair, V.J., 1988
    Flora of Cannanore

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3375.

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

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3386.

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

3742.

  Chakrabatry, T & Gangopadhyay, M, 1996
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot. 20: 581-597. The genus Albizia in India.

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.

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