Archidendron bigeminum

Archidendron bigeminum
Fruit of Archidendron bigeminum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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
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.

Synonyms

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

Seed of Archidendron bigeminum

References

• 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 July 2007. 

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