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Taxon:
Albizia chinensis
(Osbeck) Merr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Albizia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
2127
Place of publication:
Amer. J. Bot. 3:575. 1916
Verified:
12/22/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2
(
2
active,
1
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa chinensis
Osbeck
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia stipulata
DC.
Albizia marginata
(Lam.) Merr.
Albizia stipulata
(DC.) Boivin
Inga purpurascens
Hassk.
Mimosa marginata
Lam.
Mimosa stipulacea
Roxb.
Pithecellobium serronii
Glaz., nom. nud.
No images
Reference(s)
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes.
1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I.
Abarema
,
Albizia
, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):241.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:63-65.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Albizia+chinensis&quantity=1
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Huang, Y. H.
1983. A taxonomic study of the genus
Albizia
Durazz. from China. Acta Bot. Yunnan. 5:135.
URL:
http://journal.kib.ac.cn/EN/article/showTenYearOldVolumn.do
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane.
2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford.
2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
Lock, J. M.
1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Nielsen, I.
1979. Notes on the genus
Albizia
Durazz. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) in Mainland S.E. Asia. Adansonia sér. 2, 19:203.
URL:
http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/listeParution.xsp?PUBLICATION_ID=5&idx=23
Nielsen, I.
1985. The Malesian species of
Acacia
and
Albizia
(Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Opera Bot. 81:40.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
cultivated
Zhu, X. Y. et al.
2007. Legumes of China: a checklist
Common names
English
Chinese albizia –
Reference(s)
silktree –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Andhra Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Arunachal Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Assam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Bihar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Delhi
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Goa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Haryana
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Himachal Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Jammu and Kashmir
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Karnataka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Kerala
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Maharashtra
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Manipur
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Meghalaya
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Mizoram
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Nagaland
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Odisha
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Puducherry
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Punjab
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Rajasthan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Sikkim
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Tamil Nadu
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Tripura
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Uttar Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
West Bengal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Brunei Darussalam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
East Timor
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Kalimantan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Sabah
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Sarawak
2
Cultivated
also cult. in tropics
5
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
Bhutan
,
India
[Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Mizoram, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh],
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
India
[Andaman and Nicobar Islands],
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam
,
Indonesia
[Kalimantan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands],
Malaysia
[Sabah, Sarawak],
East Timor
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Sumatera]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
revegetator
shade for coffee/tea fide Mem NYBG 74(1):242. 1996
Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes.
1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I.
Abarema
,
Albizia
, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):241.
Environmental
shade/shelter
shade for coffee/tea fide Mem NYBG 74(1):242. 1996
Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes.
1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I.
Abarema
,
Albizia
, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):241.
Materials
potential as fiber
for wood pulp
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Materials
wood
for wood pulp
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Name
References