Difference between revisions of "Albizia carbonaria (PROSEA)"
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:Family: Leguminosae - Mimosoideae | :Family: Leguminosae - Mimosoideae | ||
== Synonyms == | == Synonyms == | ||
| − | ''Albizia sumatrana'' Steenis. | + | *''Albizia sumatrana'' Steenis. |
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| − | Tree up to 25 m tall and 60 cm in diameter, with flattened, spreading, thin crown. Bark light grey, scaly. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, 10-25 cm long; pinnae 8-17 pairs, 7-10 cm long; leaflets 15-25 pairs, oblong, 0.5-1 cm × 1.5 mm, base oblique or unequal, apex blunt, upper surface dull green, puberulous, lower surface paler. Flowers in many-headed clusters; calyx narrow, bell-shaped, hairy, 5-toothed, greenish; corolla 5 mm long, with narrow tube, 5-lobed. Fruit a 15-25-seeded pod, abruptly pointed at apex, short cuneate at base. ''A. carbonaria'' grows rapidly, is short-lived and its branches are fragile. The wood is pale brown and soft. In tea plantations in Indonesia it is grown up to 1300 m altitude. | + | *Tree up to 25 m tall and 60 cm in diameter, with flattened, spreading, thin crown. Bark light grey, scaly. |
| + | *Leaves alternate, bipinnate, 10-25 cm long; pinnae 8-17 pairs, 7-10 cm long; leaflets 15-25 pairs, oblong, 0.5-1 cm × 1.5 mm, base oblique or unequal, apex blunt, upper surface dull green, puberulous, lower surface paler. | ||
| + | *Flowers in many-headed clusters; calyx narrow, bell-shaped, hairy, 5-toothed, greenish; corolla 5 mm long, with narrow tube, 5-lobed. | ||
| + | *Fruit a 15-25-seeded pod, abruptly pointed at apex, short cuneate at base. | ||
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| + | ''A. carbonaria'' grows rapidly, is short-lived and its branches are fragile. The wood is pale brown and soft. In tea plantations in Indonesia it is grown up to 1300 m altitude. | ||
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== Authors == | == Authors == | ||
| − | M.S.M. Sosef & L.J.G. van der Maesen | + | *M.S.M. Sosef & L.J.G. van der Maesen |
[[Category:Auxiliary plants (PROSEA)]] | [[Category:Auxiliary plants (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:PROSEA]] | [[Category:PROSEA]] | ||
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Introduction |
Albizia carbonaria Britton
- Family: Leguminosae - Mimosoideae
Synonyms
- Albizia sumatrana Steenis.
Distribution
Native to tropical Central and South America, introduced into India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Uses
Grown as a shade tree in tea plantations in Asia, in coffee plantations in Puerto Rico and Colombia.
Observations
- Tree up to 25 m tall and 60 cm in diameter, with flattened, spreading, thin crown. Bark light grey, scaly.
- Leaves alternate, bipinnate, 10-25 cm long; pinnae 8-17 pairs, 7-10 cm long; leaflets 15-25 pairs, oblong, 0.5-1 cm × 1.5 mm, base oblique or unequal, apex blunt, upper surface dull green, puberulous, lower surface paler.
- Flowers in many-headed clusters; calyx narrow, bell-shaped, hairy, 5-toothed, greenish; corolla 5 mm long, with narrow tube, 5-lobed.
- Fruit a 15-25-seeded pod, abruptly pointed at apex, short cuneate at base.
A. carbonaria grows rapidly, is short-lived and its branches are fragile. The wood is pale brown and soft. In tea plantations in Indonesia it is grown up to 1300 m altitude.
Selected sources
8, 51, 94, 119.
Authors
- M.S.M. Sosef & L.J.G. van der Maesen
