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Chinese albizia (Albizia chinensis)

Dlium Chinese albizia (Albizia chinensis)

Chinese albizia (Albizia chinensis) is a species of plant in the Fabaceae, shade and wood-producing tree, deciduous, 30-45 m high, 70-140 cm in diameter, slightly smooth bark, dark gray with transverse teeth, lenticels, thin, faceted and hairy young branches.

A. chinensis has compound leaves, multiple pinnate and 4-14 pairs of fins. The main leaf bone is 10-25 cm long, hairy with glands near the base of the petiole and at the junction of the fin bones. The cusps are large, ovate with a heart-shaped base, like a membrane with a tail at the end.





The leaf fins are 4-14 cm long with 10-45 leaflets per fin, sitting and facing each other. Leaflets are elongated to form a line with a pointed tip, oblique, blue green underside, 6-13 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, the middle leaf bone is very close to the top edge.

Compound flowers, hump-shaped, stemmed, collected again into panicles with a length of 15-30 cm. The hump has 10-20 buds. Toothed petals, 4 mm high and hairy. The crown tube is funnel-shaped, yellow-green, 7 mm high and hairy. Stamens numbered 10 or more, 3 cm long, white, top green, base fused to form a tube, approximately as high as the crown.

The pod-shaped fruit is 10-18 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, does not open, breaks irregularly. Seeds are flat, oblong, 7 mm long and 4-5 mm wide.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Tribe: Ingeae
Genus: Albizia Durazz. in Mag. Tosc. 3(4): 11 (1772)
Species: Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. in Amer. J. Bot. 3: 575 (1916)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Mimosa chinensis Osbeck in Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 233 (1757)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Acacia auriculata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 5237 (1831)
Acacia gualparensis Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 5 (1840)
Acacia lomatocarpa DC. in Prodr. 2: 467 (1825)
Acacia marginata Buch.-Ham. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5243 (1831)
Acacia smithiana (Roxb.) Jacques in Ann. Fl. Pomone 6: 164 (1838)
Acacia stipulata DC. (1825)
Albizia chinensis var. smithiana (Roxb.) K.C.Shani, S.Chawla & S.Bannet in Indian Forester 103: 354 (1977)
Albizia marginata (Lam.) Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 23 (1910)
Albizia minyi De Wild. in Pl. Bequaert. 3: 52 (1925)
Albizia purpurascens Blume ex Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 28 (1855)
Albizia smithiana (Roxb.) Benth. in London J. Bot. 1: 527 (1842)
Albizia stipulata (DC.) Boivin in P.-S.Laurentie & al., Encycl. Dix-Neuvième Siécle 2: 33 (1837)
Arthrosprion stipulatum (DC.) Hassk. in Retzia 1: 212 (1855)
Feuilleea stipulata (DC.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189 (1891)
Inga dimidiata Miq. (1855)
Inga purpurascens Hassk. in Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 103 (1842)
Inga umbraculiformis Jungh. in Flora 30: 508 (1847)
Mimosa marginata Lam. in Encycl. 1: 12 (1783)
Mimosa smithiana Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 550 (1832)
Mimosa stipulacea Roxb. (1832)
Mimosa stipulata Roxb. in Hort. Bengal.: 40 (1814)

PUBLICATIONS

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Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.

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.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Sanjappa, M., Pusalkar, P.K. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 6: 1-556. Botanical Survey of India.

Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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.

VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Chinese valsdoring
Assamese: Sau koroi
Chinese (simplified): 楹树
Chinese (traditional): 楹树 - 楹樹
English: Chinese Albizia, Chinese False-Thorn, Sengon, Silk tree
Garo: Bolphi
Hindi: कला सिरिस - ओही Kala siris, Ohi
Indonesia: Sengon
Japanese: シナネムノキ
Java: Séngon, Singon, Sengon jåwå
Kannada: Betta baage
Khasi: Dieng phallut
Khmer: កូឡូល kōōl
Konkani: Udul
Lao: ຂ່າງ khang, ຄັງ ຮູ khang hu
Madura: Séngghung
Malayalam: Peantal-vaka, Peattavaka, Mottavaka, Ponthamvaka, Pottavaka, Vaaka, Pila vagei
Manipuri: Luang khoi, Luwang khoi, Khok, jairi
Marathi: Udal
Mizo: Vang
Nepali: कालो शिरीष Kalo shirish
Oriya: Ghoralanji
Punjabi: Durgari, Ohi, Kali siri, Sirinh, Siris
Slovak: Albízia čínska
Sumba: Marĕwita, Keura
Sunda: Jeungjing
Taiwan: 楹樹
Telugu: Cinduga, Kondacinduga
Thai: คังฮุง khang hung
Tulu: Baage
Turkish: Çin Gülibrişimi
Vietnam: Cham

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