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Albizia saponaria (Lour.)Miq.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia saponaria (Lour.)Miq. [Preferred name]
    Abarema nediana Kosterm. {Synonym}
    Albizia lucida sensu Fern.-Vill., non Benth. {Synonym}
    Albizia salajeriana Miq. {Synonym}
    Albizia saponaria var. saponaria (Lour.)Miq. {Synonym}
    Albizia tomentella var. salajeriana (Miq.)Koord., p.p. {Synonym}
    Mimosa saponaria Lour. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (N) [8]
  Asia
Indonesia (N) [1, 261, 1986, 2998]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Kalimantan (N) [2998]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1986]; Malaysia (N) [1986, 3454]; Moluccas (N) [261, 1986]; Philippines (N) [261, 1986]; Sabah (N) [1986]; Sulawesi (N) [1986]; Vietnam (I) [3454]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1948, 1986, 2022, 2996] ; Distribution Map [1986] ; Illustration [1986]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1986] ; Habit: Tree [261] [1986] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1986] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Domestic [1986]; Medicine [1986]; Toxins [2022]; Wood [2022]

  
NOTES:
  Bark and wood have high saponin content. [2022]
  Bark and wood has high saponin content. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

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

8.

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

261.

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

1948.

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

1986.

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

2022.

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

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2996.

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

2998.

  Whitmore, Tantra & Sutisna(eds), 1990
    Tree Flora of Indonesia-Checklist for Kalimantan part 2 no 1

3454.

  Heald, J., 1992
    Specimen in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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