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Paraserianthes falcataria
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) Neils., Adansonia 5: 327. 1983; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 171. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 114. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 341. 2009.
Adenanthera falcataria L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 550. 1762.
Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosb., Reinwardtia 7: 88. 1965; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 59. 1992; Chakrabarty & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 586. 1996.
Albizia moluccana Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 26. 1855; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 190. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Albizia, Kattamaram
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Description:
Trees, to 30 m high, bark greyish-brown, lenticellate; branchlets terete, glabrescent. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules linear, cauducous; rachis 16. 5-22 cm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, a gland 2-3 cm above the base or in between the lower pairs of pinnae; pinnae 7-12 pairs, opposite, 1.5-12 cm, slender, puberulent, glands just below the distal 3 pairs on the upper side; leaflets 10-40, opposite, sessile; lamina 0.7-1.5 x 0.3-0.6 cm, obliquely oblong, base obliquely obtuse, apex obliquely acute, margin entire, puberulent, chartaceous; lateral nerves and intercostae obscure. Flowers bisexual, creamy, to 1 cm across, in axillary panicles to 20 cm; bracts to 1 cm; calyx tube 3 mm, pubescent; petals 5, pubescent with out; stamens many; staminal tube 3 mm; filaments to 1 cm; ovary superior. Fruit a pod 9-12 x 1.5-2 cm, winged on one margin; seeds upto 15, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Raised in plantations, also in homesteads
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Distribution:
New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhachal
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