Archidendron bigeminum
| Archidendron bigeminum | |
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| Fruit of Archidendron bigeminum | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Archidendron |
| Species: | A. bigeminum |
| Binomial name | |
| Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen | |
| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "Kalitiya - කලටිය" in Sinhala people.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species.[1] These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of Archidendron bigeminum.[2] It may be that the Indian population consists of a smaller-growing variety than that on Sri Lanka.
The complete list of junior synonyms is:[2]
- Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm.
- Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm.
- Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.
- Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm. var. gracile (Bedd.) Kosterm.
- Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen
- Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen var. gracile (Bedd.) Sanjappa
- Inga bigemina (L.) Willd.
- Mimosa bigemina L.
- Mimosa monadelpha Roxb.
- Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.) Mart.
- Pithecellobium bigemium (L.) Mart.
- Pithecellobium gracile Bedd.
- Pithecellobium nicobaricum Prain
Leaves
bipinnate; leaflets paired with no terminal, lanceolate to nearly oblanceolate, gland at middle of rachis.
Trunk
Bark - smooth, dark brown; Immature Bark - reddish; Wood - white, soft, slight garlic smell.
Flowers
cream-colored, sessile; Inflorescence - terminal, pseudo-umbels on panicles.
Fruits
dirty brown, inside bright brown flattened legumes; seeds glossy, dark blue.
Ecology
rain forest fringes of wet zone.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema bigemina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ILDIS (2005)
- International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Archidendron bigeminum. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) (1998b). Pithecellobium gracile. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 19 July 2007.
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