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Albizia chinensis

(Osbeck) Merr. (1916)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Albizia

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees up to 20 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (bipinnate). Alternate. Blades with 4–14 pairs of pinnae, leaflets 20–30 pairs per pinna. leaflets with a nectary on the rachis just below each pair of pinnae. leaflets asymmetrical with the midrib strongly excentric near one of the margins, 6–10 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Blades with nectaries on rachises. Apex acute. Leaflet margins entire. Petioles with nectaries. Stipules up to 1.5 cm long and 3 cm wide.

Flowers: Flowers in heads 20–25 mm in diameter (exc. stamens), these usually in wide terminal panicles, sometimes reduced to 3–4 peduncles clustered in the leaf axils. Flowers usually dimorphic within each head with a central larger flower that is probably functionally staminate, surrounded by smaller perfect flowers, bracteoles absent. Flowers mimosaceous, 8–12 mm long (central one larger). Calyx (4)5-lobed. Corolla white, funnelform or campanulate, (4)5(6)-lobed. Stamens more than 15; filaments connate up to ½ their length, exserted, up to 30 mm long. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Pods flat; 10–17 cm long; 1.7–3.5 cm wide; indehiscent. Seeds several; ellipsoid; laterally flattened; ca. 7 mm long and 4–5 in diameter; distinctly median (remote from sutures); with a small basal pleurogram ca. 1 mm in diameter.

Ploidy: 2n = 26

Habitat: Documented only from disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: Low elevations.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Forestry

Pollinators

Notes

  • 1917
  • Description digitized by Olivia Kraus
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • low elevation

Bibliography

Name Published In: Amer. J. Bot. 3: 575 (1916)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:644 (O); Herbst 1998:3 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Albizia chinensis U. of H. Grounds Preserved_Specimen Duvel, A. 9 Oahu BISH 1924-09-17
2 Albizia chinensis unknown Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) BISH
3 Albizia chinensis Hamakua Dist., Lalakea Sparingly branched, open crowned tree; about 30 ft. tall. inflorescences cream-colored, erect. Pods flat. Young growth at end of branches lax red. Preserved_Specimen Unable to collect flowers or fruit. Naturalized along road and in abondon cane fields from Hilo to Kukuihaele; most trees seen were fairly young and not common. Herbst, D.R. 9794 Hawaii BISH 1996-08-02
4 Albizia chinensis H.L.Lyon Arboretum - H. 6-3-1 2587 Preserved_Specimen Ht. 40'; 3.5' (42) dbh. Nagata, K.M. 522 Oahu BISH 1968-12-19
5 Albizia chinensis At corner of Naele Rd. and Hwy. 132, east of Pahoa Preserved_Specimen Tree 35', dbh 6 . Leves bipinnate. Leaflets 3 mm x 10 mm, oblong more than 20 prs. Fruits 11 seeded, 12 cm long, 2 cm wide. Ishikawa, S. 217 Hawaii BISH 1973-01-12
6 Albizia chinensis Pacific Heights. Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 12869 Oahu BISH 1917-03-01
7 Albizia chinensis Mountain View HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 7/4/2016
8 Albizia chinensis Mountain View HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 7/4/2016
9 Albizia chinensis Mountain View HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 7/4/2016
10 Albizia chinensis unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
11 Albizia chinensis Hamakua District, Kukuihaele quad, Waipio Valley Occasional 50 ft. tall tree on bank of Hi'ilawe Stream near confluence with Wailoa Stream. A small stand grows in the area. New young leaves reddish, pendent. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. 200122 Hawaii BISH 2001-03-14
12 Albizia chinensis Honolulu, H.L. Lyon Arboretum. Upper Lawn Preserved_Specimen 20dbh; Ht. 20 ft. Nagata, K.M. 259 Oahu BISH 1967-07-11
13 Albizia chinensis Poamoho, Oahu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 27382 Oahu BISH 1961-04-30
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