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== Synonyms == | == Synonyms == | ||
| − | ''Albizia sumatrana'' Steenis. | + | *''Albizia sumatrana'' Steenis. |
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== Observations == | == 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. | + | *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. | ||
== Selected sources == | == Selected sources == | ||
| − | + | *Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr., R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. 647, 641, 761 pp. | |
| + | *Flora Malesiana (various editors), 1950-. Series 1. Volume 1, 4-. Kluwer, Dordrecht & Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands. | ||
| + | *Little, E.L., Woodbury, R.O. & Wadsworth, F.H., 1964-1974. (Common) trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Agricultural Handbook 249 & 449. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C., United States. 548, 1024 pp. | ||
| + | *Nielsen, I., 1985. The Malesian species of Acacia and Albizia (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae). Opera Botanica 81: 1-50. | ||
== 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)]] | ||
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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
- Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr., R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. 647, 641, 761 pp.
- Flora Malesiana (various editors), 1950-. Series 1. Volume 1, 4-. Kluwer, Dordrecht & Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Little, E.L., Woodbury, R.O. & Wadsworth, F.H., 1964-1974. (Common) trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Agricultural Handbook 249 & 449. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C., United States. 548, 1024 pp.
- Nielsen, I., 1985. The Malesian species of Acacia and Albizia (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae). Opera Botanica 81: 1-50.
Authors
- M.S.M. Sosef & L.J.G. van der Maesen
