Archidendron falcatum I.C.Nielsen

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Archidendron

Characteristics

Tree to 6 m high, 15 cm in diameter. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves glabrous all over; petiole 4.5-7 cm, with 2 glands, transversely elliptic or circular, flat or cushion-shaped, sessile, not raised, 1.5-2 mm in diameter; pinnae 1 pair, 10.5-19 cm; petiolules 3-6 mm long; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs per pinna, opposite, chartaceous, drying dark green above, lighter green beneath, with chestnut veins, unequal-sided, ovate to ovate-elliptic or asymmetrically elliptic, widened acroscopically, (3.8 —)6.5 —19.5 by (1.8-)3.2-9.6 cm, base ± symmetrically rounded or broadly cuneate, apex (short-)acuminate; principal lateral veins 5-7 per leaflet-half, arching, non parallel; reticulation prominent and dense on both surfaces. Inflorescences terminal, scarcely rusty puberulous in the distal parts, glabrescent, consisting of pedunculate glomerules aggregated into panicles to c. 30 cm long; glomerules composed of 3 or 4 sessile flowers; floral bracts broadly elliptic, obtuse, c. 1 mm long, puberulous. Flowers pentamerous, bisexual, white.
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A small tree. It grows 6 m tall. The trunk is 15 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.15
Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Edible leaves
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Distribution

Archidendron falcatum world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Archidendron falcatum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000206472
COL ID G8TQ
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Synonyms

Archidendron falcatum