- Family : MIMOSACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Mimosoideae
- Basionym : Mimosa lebbeck L.
- Synonym(s) : Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd.; Acacia macrophylla Bunge; Acacia seeressa Roxb. ex Steud.; Acacia speciosa (Jacq.) Willd.; Albizia latifolia Boivin; Albizia speciosa (Jacq.) Benth.; Feuilleea lebbeck (L.) Kuntze; Inga borbonica Hassk.; Inga leucoxylon Hassk.; Mimosa flexuosa Rottler ex Wight & Arn.; Mimosa seeressa Steud.; Mimosa sirissa Roxb.; Mimosa speciosa Jacq.; Pithecellobium splitgerberianum Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
- Common name : Siris Tree, East India walnut, Lebbek tree, Raom tree, Soros-tree, Womans tongue
- Vernacular name :
- Vagai, Kona, Vagli (Tamil)
- Dirisenamu, Dirasana, Dirisana (Telugu)
- Siriso, Sirson, Tinia (Oria)
- Ahirish (Marathi)
- Nenmenivaka, Kattuvaka, Karivaka, Karimthakara, Vaka (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Scrub forests, roadsides, also in plains
- Comments / notes : On plains to 1200m. Often planted.
- Flower, Fruit : February-May
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 04-03-2009; 28-11-2014
- Collection Nos : FAP 36943; HJCB-E-0225
- Collection Locality : Mobbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP); Tirumala to Alipiri Ghat road, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Interview Island, North and Middle Andaman,Coco Island
- Lakshadweep : Agatti Islands, Kavaratti Islands, Minicoy Islands
- Native : Tropical Himalaya
- World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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 – Flora of Hassan
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Albizia lebbeck. Downloaded on 28 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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