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Taxon:
Albizia lebbeck
(L.) Benth.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Albizia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
2140
Place of publication:
London J. Bot. 3:87. 1844
Verified:
12/23/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
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.
No images
Reference(s)
Abbiw, D. K.
Useful plants of Ghana. 1990
Note:
Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
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):242-243.
Campbell, F. T., ed.
Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft)
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Albizia+lebbeck&quantity=1
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Henderson, L.
Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
Huang, Y. H.
1983. A taxonomic study of the genus
Albizia
Durazz. from China. Acta Bot. Yunnan. 5:132.
http://journal.kib.ac.cn/EN/article/showTenYearOldVolumn.do
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
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.
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald.
Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Migahid, A. M.
Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
Nasir, S. M. & M. Athar.
1998. Fuelwood as an energy source. Phytologia 85:106.
http://www.phytologia.org/
National Academy of Sciences.
Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
National Academy of Sciences.
Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Nielsen, I.
1979. Notes on the genus
Albizia
Durazz. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) in Mainland S.E. Asia. Adansonia sér. 2, 19:220.
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. 81:30.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rico Arce, M. de L. et al.
2008. A taxonomic study of
Albizia
(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Ingeae) in Mexico and Central America. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 65:273-277.
http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
Smith, R. J.
Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
http://www.botanicalbeads.com/
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:40.
http://proseanet.org
Terrell, E. E. et al.
Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Weber, E.
Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Wood, J. R. I.
A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
acacia-tree –
Reference(s)
Broome raintree –
Reference(s)
East Indian-walnut –
Reference(s)
frywood –
Reference(s)
Indian siris –
Reference(s)
koko –
Reference(s)
lebbek –
Reference(s)
lebbektree –
Reference(s)
powderpuff-tree –
Reference(s)
siristree –
Reference(s)
women's-tongue-tree –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
lebbekboom –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
ébano-oriental –
Reference(s)
coração-de-negro –
Reference(s)
língua-de-mulher –
Reference(s)
língua-de-sogra –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
Africa
Africa
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Cabo Verde
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
s.e.
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
South America
tropical
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Central America
6
Other
probably native in tropical mainland Asia
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa
REGION:
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
(s.e.)
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Southern America
REGION:
South America
(tropical)
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
MESOAMERICA:
Central America
Other
(probably native in tropical mainland Asia)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
agroforestry (fide Trop Leg) –
Reference(s)
Fuels
potential as fuelwood (fide Trop Leg) –
Reference(s)
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_52.html,) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:460. 2004) –
Reference(s)
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses