Tree
Archidendron bigeminum (L.)I.C.Nielsen
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm. |
synonym | Abarema bigemina (L.)Kosterm. |
synonym | Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.)Kosterm. |
synonym | Abarema monadelpha var. gracile (Bedd.)Kosterm. |
synonym | Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.)I.C.Nielsen |
synonym | Archidendron monadelphum gracile (Bedd.)Sanjappa |
synonym | Inga bigemina (L.)Willd. |
synonym | Mimosa bigemina L. |
synonym | Mimosa monadelpha Roxb. |
synonym | Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.)Mart. |
synonym | Pithecellobium bigemium (L.)Mart. |
synonym | Pithecellobium gracile Bedd. |
synonym | Pithecellobium nicobaricum Prain |
🗒 Common Names
Assamese |
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📚 Overview
Description
Evergreen trees; to 12 m high; bark reddish-brown, prominently lenticellate; blaze pink. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules inconspicuous; rachis 10-11 cm long, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, with a gland near its base; pinnae 2, opposite, 11-13 cm long, slender, puberulent, a gland in between 2 pinnae; leaflets 4-8, opposite, estipellate, with a gland in between every pair of leaflets; petiolule 4-5 mm; lamina 6.5-12 x 2.5-5 cm, obovate, oblong or elliptic-acuminate, base unequally acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, puberulent above and below, chartaceous; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, prominent, secondary lateral also prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, in globose heads in terminal and axillary panicles; bracteoles lanceolate, persistent; calyx campanulate, 1.5 mm long, lobes 4, minute, acute; petals 4, basally connate, 4 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, valvate; stamens 4, monadelphous, much exserted; ovary sessile; style filiform; stigma minute; ovules many. Fruit a pod 10 x 1.5-2 cm, twisted, strap-shaped, dehiscent, red within; seeds 3-8, ovoid, smooth, without aril, funicle filiform.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Forested areas
Semi-evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya
Indian Distribution
Barak Valley
Global Distribution
South West India, Eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.) Mart. ex Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot.3: 206. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 303. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 435(308). 1919.
- Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) Nielson, Adansonia 19: 21. 1979; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 61. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 169. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 112. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 242. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 111. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 204. 2005.
- Pithecellobium monadelphum (Roxb.) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 3: 11. 1954; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 100. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 94. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 152. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 176. 1994; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 171. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 189. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 123. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 238. 2002.
- Archidendron bigeminum (L.) Neilson, Opera Bot. 76: 73. 1985; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 338. 2009.
- Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Bull. Org. Sci. Res. Indonesia 51, f. 34,35. 1954; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 165. 1984.
- Mimosa bigemina L., Sp. Pl. 517. 1753.
- Mimosa monadelpha Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 544. 1832.
Information Listing > References
- Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.) Mart. ex Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot.3: 206. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 303. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 435(308). 1919.
- Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) Nielson, Adansonia 19: 21. 1979; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 61. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 169. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 112. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 242. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 111. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 204. 2005.
- Pithecellobium monadelphum (Roxb.) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 3: 11. 1954; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 100. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 94. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 152. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 176. 1994; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 171. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 189. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 123. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 238. 2002.
- Archidendron bigeminum (L.) Neilson, Opera Bot. 76: 73. 1985; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 338. 2009.
- Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Bull. Org. Sci. Res. Indonesia 51, f. 34,35. 1954; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 165. 1984.
- Mimosa bigemina L., Sp. Pl. 517. 1753.
- Mimosa monadelpha Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 544. 1832.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Archidendron |
Species | Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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