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Albizia odoratissima (L.f.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia odoratissima (L.f.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia lomatocarpa DC. {Synonym}
    Acacia odoratissima (L.f.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Albizia kalkora auct. non Prain {Misapplied}
    Albizia micantha Bovin {Synonym}
    Albizia micrantha B.Boivin {Synonym}
    Albizia odoratissima var. mollis Baker {Synonym}
    Mimosa odoratissima L.f. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Black Siris [3742]; Ceylon Rosewood [1986]; Kala Siris [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [8]; Malawi (I) [6]; Mozambique (I) [6]; Tanzania (N) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [6]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383, 3744]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [1913, 3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Guangxi [3403]; Guizhou [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; India (N) [1913, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3028, 3031, 3040, 3094, 3100, 3140, 3372, 3375, 3377, 3380, 3584, 3590, 3742]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Meghalaya [3742]; Orissa [3742]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3742]; Tamil Nadu [3742]; Uttar Pradesh [3742]; West Bengal [3742]; Indonesia (I) [1986]; Jawa (N) [1986]; Laos (N) [1913]; Malaysia (I) [1986]; Myanmar (N) [3742]; Nepal (N) [1914, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [2010]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1986]; Sri Lanka (N) [1913, 1927]; Thailand (N) [1998]; Vietnam (N) [1913]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914]; Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1913, 1927, 1998, 2010, 3011, 3026, 3403, 3742] ; Illustration [1913, 1998]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3011] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [3011] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3011] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (In

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Food and Drink [3030]; Forage [2010, 3030, 3587]; Medicine [1913]; Toxins [3034]; Wood [2, 1998, 3011, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  Also cultivated. [1998]
  Cultivated but not naturalised in Malesia. [2022]
  Native to Mainland Asia. [1986]
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]

  
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

6.

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

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

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...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1927.

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

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1986.

  Nielsen, I., 1985
    Opera Botanica 81. The Malesian Sp. of Acacia & Albizia.

1998.

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

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2022.

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

3009.

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

3011.

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3017.

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3020.

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    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.

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    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

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3100.

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3140.

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    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3369.

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3372.

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3375.

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

3377.

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3380.

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3383.

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3403.

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3584.

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    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
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3590.

  Hajra, P.K. & Jain, S.K., 1996
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3742.

  Chakrabatry, T & Gangopadhyay, M, 1996
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3744.

  Begum, M. et al., 1988
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