Archidendron bigeminum explained
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.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species. These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of Archidendron bigeminum.[1] 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:
- 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
References
Notes and References
- ILDIS (2005)