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Taxon:  Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Albizia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
2140
Place of publication:
London J. Bot. 3:87. 1844
Verified:
12/23/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa lebbeck L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia lebbek (L.) Willd.
Mimosa sirissa Roxb.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
acacia-tree –
Broome raintree –
East Indian-walnut –
frywood –
Indian siris –
koko –
lebbek –
lebbektree –
powderpuff-tree –
siristree –
women's-tongue-tree –
Afrikaans
lebbekboom –
Portuguese (Brazil)
coração-de-negro –
ébano-oriental –
língua-de-mulher –
língua-de-sogra –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    cult. in tropics
4NaturalizedAfrica Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States s.e.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America tropical
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America  
6Other    probably native in tropical mainland Asia
Cultivated (cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • REGION: Africa
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico, United States (s.e.)
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America
  • REGION: South America (tropical)
Other (probably native in tropical mainland Asia)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:40. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalagroforestry National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalornamental National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalrevegetator National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalshade/shelter National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalsoil improver National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Fuelspotential as fuelwood National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_52.html
Materialsgum/resinas gum arabic substituteNational Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:460. URL: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weedpotential seed contaminant Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)


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