Albizia vialeana

Last updated

Albizia vialeana
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Albizia
Species:
A. vialeana
Binomial name
Albizia vialeana
Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 399 A. 1899 [1] [2] [3]

Albizia vialeana is a tree species in the Acacia clade of the family Fabaceae, found in parts of Indo-China. Its wood is used for fuel.

Contents

Description

This tree species typically grows to 10–15 m. The leaves are bipinnate, divided into 4-6 pairs of pinnae, each with 12-16 pairs of leaflets. The seed pods are glabrous, approximately 110 x 30mm, containing more than ten 6-8mm seeds, [4] falling in late January to early March.

Distribution & habitat

The plant is found in east Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. [5] [3] It occurs in open and semi-dense formations in tropical forests up to 1200m altitude.

Vernacular names

In Vietnam it may be called sống rắn cây or kết, but may be confused with similar species in the genus called hợp hoan. [4] One name it is given in Cambodia is châmriëk ôhs (châmriëk="firewood", Khmer). [5]

Uses

The wood makes excellent firewood. [5]

Related Research Articles

Dalbergia oliveri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae which grows in tree form to 15 – 30 meters in height. The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seeds which turn brown to black when ripe. It is threatened by habitat loss and over-harvesting for its valuable red "rosewood" timber.

Sindora siamensis is a species of tree in the subfamily Detarioideae of the family Fabaceae. It has an accepted infraspecific, the variety S. siamensis var. maritima (Pierre) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen. See taxon box to the right below, and below for details on the variety maritima. The nominate species is found in many countries in tropical Asia. Like several other species in the genus Sindora, its wood is considered valuable; the least concern conservation status may reflect efforts to replant this species, but mortality rates are high. As well as the wood, the plant provides raw material for chemical products, food and drink, and domestic utensils.

<i>Campylospermum serratum</i> Species of shrub or tree

Campylospermum serratum is a plant in the family Ochnaceae. The specific epithet serratum is from the Latin meaning "with teeth", referring to the leaf margin. It is found in Tropical Asia, from Sulawesi, Indonesia to Hainan, Zhōngguó/China and over to southwester India. Gomphia serrata was a previous common name for the species. The plant is used for it wood and its sap is used in folk medicine and in the past for teeth-blackening.

<i>Hydnocarpus annamensis</i> Species of flowering plant

Hydnocarpus annamensis is a tree in the Achariaceae family. It is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, southern Yunnan and southern Guangxi in Zhōngguó/China. It is threatened by habitat loss. The plant produces low-quality wood and its fruit are used in traditional medicine.

<i>Elaeocarpus lanceifolius</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae

Elaeocarpus lanceifolius is a tree species in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is found across tropical Asia from Thailand to Yunnan to Nepal to Karnataka, India. It is used for its wood, fruit, and nuts.

<i>Colona evecta</i> Species of flowering plant

Colona evecta is a tree species, first described by Pierre, in the genus Colona and now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Albizia lucidor is an Asian tree species in the Acacia clade. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. In Vietnam it may be called bản xe .

Elaeocarpus griffithii is a tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is found in parts of Island and Mainland Southeast Asia. It is used in construction, as firewood and in dyeing.

Elaeocarpus thorelii is a tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae, endemic to Cambodia, and used for its wood.

Elaeocarpus stipularis is a tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found from the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia, to Philippines, and through Mainland Southeast Asia to Odisha, India. It has edible fruit, its wood is used and some medical uses are ascribed to it.

Erythroxylum cambodianum is a shrub in the family Erythroxylaceae. It grows in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The wood is used for pickets and as firewood.

Gluta cambodiana is a shrub/small tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It occurs in parts of Mainland Southeast Asia. Its wood is used for pickets and fuel.

Combretum trifoliatum is a vine of the family Combretaceae. It is found from Myanmar across Southeast Asia and Wallacea to New Guinea and Australia. It grows in wet places, including where it can be submerged for four months a year by floodwaters. It is unusual in retaining its photosynthesizing leaves when flooded. Parts of the plant are used in traditional medicine.

Helicia nilagirica is a tree of the Proteaceae family. It grows from Thailand across Mainland Southeast Asia to Yunnan, Zhōngguó/China and over to Nepal. It is a source of wood, a pioneer reafforestation taxa, and an ethnomedicinal plant.

Haplophragma sulfureum is a tree in the Bignoniaceae family, found in four countries of Southeast Asia. The pods are used as tinder, while the wood is used for light construction and traditional medicine.

Neonauclea sessilifolia is a tree species in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in Taiwan, and then from Yunnan, Zhōngguó/China, to Southeast Asia and northeastern India.

Quassia harmandiana is a freshwater mangrove shrub or small tree in the Simaroubaceae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The wood provides firewood. Certain fish eat the poisonous fruit

Strychnos nux-blanda is a shrub or small tree in the Loganiaceae family. It is native to Southeast Asia and Assam. The wood is used as fuel; seeds are toxic, but used in folk-medicine. It is one of the plants featured in the garden of King Narai (1633–88) at Lopburi, Thailand.

<i>Xanthophyllum lanceatum</i> Species of tree in the Polygalaceae family from Southeast Asia

Xanthophyllum lanceatum is a tree in the Polygalaceae family. It grows across Southeast Asia from Sumatera to Bangladesh. The leaves are used as a hops-substitute in beer making and the wood as fuel. Fish in the Mekong regularly eat the fruit, flowers and leaves.

Aporosa tetrapleura is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae found in Cambodia and Vietnam. The wood is used in house and cattle barn construction and as firewood.

References

  1. Nielsen I (1981) Leg-Mim. In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam Vol 19-A.
  2. "Albizia vialeana Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 399 A." International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Albizia vialeana Pierre". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Science. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
  5. 1 2 3 Dy Phon, Pauline (2000). Plants Used In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 304.