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Albizia procera
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 3: 89. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 299. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 431(306). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 93. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 58. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 174. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 169. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 594. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 111. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 337. 2009.
Mimosa procera Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 121. 1798.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chalavaka, Kottavaga, Jalavaka, Vellavaka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
White siris tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees; to 30 m high; bark 10-15 mm, thick, surface greenish-yellow, smooth, exfoliation small, irregular; branchlets brownish to blackish or yellowish, terete, 3-13 mm thick, silky pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, pinnae 2-5 (6) pairs, 9.7-27 cm long, slender, evenly pinnate, opposite, puberulous; leaflets 4-20, opposite, even pinnate, estipellate, petiolule 2-3 mm long; 2.5-5 x 1.8-3 cm, obliquely oblong, obliquely ovate or obliquely oblong-ovate, apex round or subacute, base unequal, round on the upper side of the midrib and acute on the lower side, margin entire, glabrous above, white pilose beneath, with a gland between terminal pairs of leaflets, subcoriaceous; stipule free, lateral; rachis 13-30 cm long, slender, pulvinate, puberulous, with a prominent gland near its base; midrib subcentral, slightly towards the distal margin; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in globose heads, forming axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx tube narrowly obconic, 2.5-3 x 1.5-2 mm, glabrous, teeth triangular. Petals connate, 5-7 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes oblong-elliptic, puberulous towards apex. Stamens many, 8-12 mm long, monadelphous at base, tube longer than the corolla tube. Ovary oblong, stipitate, glabrous, style filiform; stigma terminal. Fruit a pod 10-20 x 1.8-2.5 cm, strap-shaped, flat, thin walled, rostrate at apex, glabrous, often glossy, faintly reticulately veined, black, brown or yellow when dry, stalk very short; seeds 5-12, ovate-elliptic, compressed, greenish-brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kollam, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vengoli, Aruvanpara
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