Albizia lucidior (Steud.) I.C.Nielsen
An important
document on all legume species growing in India is: Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India, Bishen Singh Mahendra
Pal Singh, Dehradun.
As per this
document following species of Albizia occur in India-
1- Albizia amara,
2- A.arunachalensis,
3- A.chinensis
(var. chinensis and var. smithiana),
4- A.garrettii,
5- A.julibrissin
(var. julibrisin, var. mollis),
6- A.kalkora,
7- A.lathamii,
8- A.lebbeck,
9- A.lucidior,
10- A.myriophylla,
11- A.odoratissima,
12- A.orissensis,
13- A.procera,
14- A.retusa,
15- A.sherriffii,
16- A.sikharamensis,
17- A.thompsonii (var. thompsonii,
var. galbana),
18- A.richardiana (cultivated).
Albizia thompsonii Brandis is mentioned as “Rare” in Indian Red Data Book (Nayar & Sastry,1990, page-129). Keys available at Flora of Peninsular India for some species. The common species which are found in India, 1. A. amara- have yellow fragrant flowers, a common avenue tree in S. India 2. A. labbek- the desi siris, with spreading crown, beautiful pinkish flowers, the colour is due to the coloured stamens. in most of the Albizia sp. the petals are either absent or inconspicuous. Women folk often use the flowers (cluster of flowers on a head, again each flower has a cluster of coloured and long stamens, giving a silky appearance- often also known as silk plant.) to adore hair style and as ear ornament. 3. A. stipulata- a common shade tree in Tea and Coffee plantation 4. A. procera- almost like labbek, known as safed siris- for whitish bark 5. A. odoratissima- the black siris, often known as Fragrant Albizia, a common host of lac insects. 6. A. julibrissia- has two vars. A. julibrissis var. julibrissia- the persian silk tree and A. julibrissia var. mollis or A. mollis- the red or pink Albizia, the young stem is densely hairy , flowers light pink, not so attractive as A. labbek. 7. A. saman or Samanea saman or Pithocelbium saman - the rain tree, mostly with golden brown flowers, sometime pinkish. An Avenue tree and shade tree, perhaps the most common of the species. All Albizia flowers attract a number of birds with pointed beaks, as flower peckers, humming birds.
Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 5.2.14:
Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merrill
Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett
Albizia thompsonii Brandis- R- Orissa, Andhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except ... edited by Peter Hanelt, R. Büttner (2001)- Details-
Albizia lucida BENTH. = Albizia lucidior (Steud.) I. C. Nielsen ex H. Hara
Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)- Details with keys- An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details with keys-
Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosberg = Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes
Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed (2000)- Details with keys-
Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details with keys-
Albizia : 3 posts by 2 authors. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Albizia Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links. Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details. If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful. Any comments/ corrections are welcome. I have added the list of Albizia species known in India as per the reference (Sanjappa, 1992). Red Data Book status of one species mentioned in Red Data Book of Indian Plants (Nayar & Sastry, 1990) is also mentioned. |
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