Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.

Tall albizia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Albizia

Characteristics

Tree to 30 m; d.b.h. to 60 cm; bole straight or crooked, to c. 9 m. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Stipules linear or filiform, to 0.5 mm, caducous. Leaves: rachis 10-30 cm, glabrous, a gland 1-2.5 cm above the base, ± narrowly elliptic, sessile, flat and disc-like or with raised margins and concave, 4-10 mm; pinnae 2-5 pairs, opposite or subopposite, 12-20 cm, glabrous, with elliptic glands, c. 1 mm in diameter, below the junctions of the 1-3 distal pairs of petiolules; petiolule c. 2 mm; leaflets 5-11 pairs per pinna, opposite, rigidly chartaceous-subcoriaceous, asymmetrically ovate to elliptic or ± rhomboid or ± trapezoid, 2-4.5 (-6) by l-2.2(-3.2) cm; base asymmetrical, half truncate/half cuneate, apex rounded or subtruncate, often emarginate, mucronate; both surfaces sparsely appressed puberulous (upper rarely glabrous); main vein slightly excentric, often diagonal. Inflorescences composed of pedunculate glomerules aggregated into terminal axillary sparsely puberulous panicles; peduncles 2-5 in fascicles, c. 0.8-3 cm, glomerules with 15-30 sessile, uniform, bisexual, pentamerous flowers. Calyx light green, tubular to narrowly funnel-shaped, glabrous, (1.5-) 2.5-3 mm; teeth triangular, acute, 0.75-1.2 mm. Corolla greenish white, funnel-shaped, (3.5-)5-6.5 mm, lower part of tube glabrous; lobes elliptic, acute, 2-2.5 mm, puberulous-sericeous at least at apex. Stamens greenish white, to 12.5 mm long, tube longer than the corolla tube, shorter than the corolla. Ovary glabrous, c. 1.5 mm, stipe 0.3-0.5 mm. Pod dark brown or red brown, flat, straight, linear-oblong, 11.5-20 by 2-2.5 cm, gradually narrowing in a very short stalk, dehiscent, valves chartaceous without thickened margins, glabrous, veins inconspicuous, with distinct marks over the seeds. Seeds obovate-elliptic to elliptic, flattened, c. 7-8.5 by 4.5-6.5 by 15 mm; areole c. 4.5 by 3 mm, pleurogram nearly parallel to the margin, open towards the hilum.
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Tree to 12 m high; bark smooth, yellowish to grey; young branchlets glabrous or subglabrous. Leaves glabrous or subglabrous to sparingly puberulous: petiole 5-8.5 cm long, with a large slightly raised elongated gland up to 11 mm long situated a short distance above the pulvinus; rhachis 3.5-13 cm long; pinnae 2-4 pairs; rhachillae 7-19(24) cm long; leaflets 5-11 pairs, 15-60 x 8-21 mm, obliquely oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate, apex obtuse or rounded, often somewhat emarginate, upper surface very sparingly appressed-pubescent, lower surface paler, appressed-pubescent. Inflorescences globose, in axillary or terminal panicles; peduncles glabrous or sparingly puberulous. Flowers whitish, sessile or almost so; bracteoles rapidly deciduous. Calyx 2-3 mm long, glabrous or almost so. Corolla 4-6 mm long, apices of lobes with a conspicuous tuft of hairs. Stamens up to 1.5 cm long, united basally, tube not or scarcely exserted beyond the corolla. Ovary glabrous. Pods light to dark brown, 8-16 x 1.5-2 cm, linear-oblong, acuminate apically, glabrous or almost so, obscurely venose, slightly umbonate over the seeds, longitudinally dehiscent. Seeds 6-8 x 5-6.5 mm, flattened.
Tree 3–20 m high; bark thin, smooth, greenish. Leaves: axis commonly glabrous, with large gland near base and smaller ones between at least upper pairs of leaflets; pinnae (2–) 3–6-jugate; leaflets 6–9-jugate, ± inequilaterally oval or oblong, rounded-obtuse, often with an apiculum or emarginate, 1.5–6 cm long, 0.9–3.5 cm wide, ± appressed-puberulous or glabrous on both surfaces, drying much darker above. Inflorescence terminal or in axils of upper leaves, paniculate, glabrous; axis 8–24 cm long; peduncles 10–18 mm long, bearing clusters of 15–30 flowers. Flowers sessile, white to cream; calyx 1.5–2.5 mm long, ± appressed-puberulous or glabrous; corolla 4–5 mm long, appressed-puberulous at least on lobes. Pod linear to narrowly oblong, flat, 10–25 cm long, 12–30 mm wide, chartaceous, red-brown, glabrous. Seeds oval, compressed, 6.5–8.5 mm long, 4–6.5 mm wide, brown.
Trees, deciduous, to 15 m tall. Branchlets slightly pubes­cent or subglabrous. Leaf petiole with an oblong gland ca. 1 cm above base; pinnae 3-5 pairs, 15-20 cm; petiolules ca. 2 mm; leaflets 6-12 pairs, ovate to subrhombic, 3-4.5 × 1.2-2.2 cm, subleathery, sparsely appressed pubescent, main vein closer to lower side, base oblique, apex obtuse or emarginate. Heads ca. 20-flowered, arranged in axillary or terminal panicles. Flow­ers uniform, sessile. Calyx 2-3 mm, glabrous. Corolla yellow-white, ca. 6 mm; lobes lanceolate, ca. 2.5 mm, apex pubescent. Staminal tube longer than corolla tube. Ovary glabrous, subses­sile. Legume ligulate, flat, 10-15 × 1.5-2.5 cm, glabrous. Seeds 8-12, obovoid-elliptic; pleurogram obovate-elliptic. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Sep-Feb of following year.
An erect medium sized tree. They are 10 to 25 m high. The twigs sometimes have hairs. The leaves are about 40 cm long and the pinnae are 6 to 10 in number and 15 to 20 cm long. The leaflets are 12 to 20 cm long. The flower is yellowish white in round heads at the ends of small branches. The pods are oblong, thin, smooth and flattened. They contain 8 to 10 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 17.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. They are common in forests throughout the Philippines. It grows in Nepal at 300-1100 m altitude. In Java it grows from the lowlands up to 1,200 m above sea level. It is damaged by frost. It suits warm tropical places near the coast. It can grow in arid places. In Yunnan.
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The habitat ranges from monsoon forest, mixed deciduous forest, savannah woodlands, pyrogenic grassland, roadsides and dry gullies, to stunted, seasonal swamp forest. It is commonly found in open secondary forest.
Found in near-coastal areas in open eucalypt woodland, margins of rainforest and monsoon forest in sand and in alluvium along streams.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

"The wood is used for furniture, carving and boat construction, though it is rather brittle. The leaves are insecticidal, but are cooked and eaten in the Philippines, while the bark is a fish poison. Procera acid is produced from the seeds, and the wood produces a reddish brown gum." Also a useful plantation timber and used for firewood. (Beasley 2009: 41).
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The young leaves are edible cooked. In times of famine the bark is ground into flour and eaten.
Uses Wood hard and heavy, used for moulding, furniture, cabinets; also for making charcoal.
Uses animal food charcoal coffee substitute construction dye eating environmental use fiber fodder food forage fuel gene source gum insecticide invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison oil poison recultivation shade social use tanning tea timber vertebrate poison windbreak wood
Edible barks leaves pods stems
Therapeutic use Antineoplastic agents (aerial part), Antiviral agents (aerial part), Antirheumatic agents (bark), Back pain (bark), Snake bites (bark), Toothache (bark), Furunculosis (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Anemia, hemolytic (root), Spermatocidal agents (root), Spermatocidal agents (seed), Snake bites (stem), Piscicide (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. It can also be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 33
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Albizia procera world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Sudan, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Uganda, United States of America, Viet Nam, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Albizia procera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473360-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186098
COL ID 5TW63
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 967150
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Synonyms

Mimosa procera Acacia procera Mimosa elata Mimosa coriaria Feuilleea procera Albizia procera Inga gracilis Inga kihian Albizia elata Albizia procera var. elata Albizia procera var. roxburghiana Acacia procera var. roxburghiana Acacia procera var. elata Lignum murinum-majus