Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.

 
  • 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 : Himachal Pradesh
    • 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
  • 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 27 July 2024.

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