- Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Mimosoideae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
- Common name : Sau tree
- Vernacular name :
- Mottavaka, Ponthamvaka, Pottavaka, Vaaka (Malayalam)
- Pila vagei (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : In damper forests, usually near streams
- Key identification features : Large deiciduous tree
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 10-04-1970, 12-04-1969
- Collection Nos : CJS 16775, CJS 13268
- Collection Locality : Bisle, Hassan district; Panorama point, Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Tumakuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Pune district
- Odisha : Rayagada district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Salem district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Jharkhand :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri, Midnapur
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kangra district, Kinnaur district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Saldanha, 1984
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 170
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Albizia chinensis. Downloaded on 1 April 2025.
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