Fabaceae
Albizia

Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 3: 88 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bello, A. & al. (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.480.2.1. epublication.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ali, S. I. (1973). Flora of Pakistan, No. 36. Mimosaceae. Karachi:Univ. of Karachi
  • Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1959). Mimosoideae. In: Fl. Trop. East Africa. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
  • Chakrabatry, T & Gangopadhyay, M (1996). J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 581-597. The genus Albizia in India.
  • Corner, E. J. H (1952). Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.
  • Dale, I. R. (1953). A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda
  • Haines, H. H. (1922). The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Nielsen, I. (1981). Leg-Mim. In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam, Vol 19. A.
  • Nielsen, I. (1985). Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In: T. Smithinans
  • Nielsen, I. (1985). Opera Botanica 81. The Malesian Sp. of Acacia & Albizia.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Thomson, T. [890] India K000635033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 2008 Edgeworth [s.n.] India K000635034 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, H.H. [2415] India K000635032 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, H.H. [2415(a)] India K000635031 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120234 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120229 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120230 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5234] Burma Acacia odoratissima K001120235 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 5234] India Acacia odoratissima K001120237 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5234] Acacia odoratissima K001120232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5234] Burma Acacia odoratissima K001120236 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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