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Falcataria falcata

(L.) Greuter & R.Rankin (2016)

This name is accepted

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

batai, Moluccan albizia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees up to 40 m tall, bark white, gray, or greenish, smooth or slightly warty, young parts densely reddish brown tomentose or puberulent.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Leaves pinnae (4–)8–15 pairs, leaflets 15–25 pairs per pinna. Leaves with a large nectary below the lowermost pair of pinnae and smaller ones between or below most pairs of pinnae, leaflets 10–20 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, with nectaries on leaf rachises and pinnae. Nectaries present on leaf rachises and pinnae. Leaflet margins entire. Midrib strongly excentric near 1 of the margins. Petiolate. Stipules present, caducous.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles ca. 20 cm in diameter, often with 2 serial branches from 1 bract scar. Flowers bisexual (perfect), mimosaceous. Calyx lobes 5, valvate, 1–1.5 mm long, silky pubescent, the teeth 0.5 mm long. Corolla cream or greenish yellow, 3–4.5 mm long (excl. stamens), 5-lobed. Stamens 10–17 mm long. Ovary superior; style 1, apical.

Fruit: Pods flat; straight; dehiscent along both sutures; 9–12 cm long; 1.5–2.5 cm wide; densely pubescent or glabrous; with a narrow; longitudinal wing along the upper suture. Seeds transversely arranged; ellipsoid; 5–7 mm long; 2.5–3.5 mm wide; laterally flattened; with a pleurogram ca. 3 mm long and 1.5 mm wide; with a distinct; horseshoe–shaped pleurogram.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Disturbed mesic to wet areas.

Elevation Range: 25–600 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

Pollinators

Notes

  • 25-600m
  • Cultivated on Oahu as early as 1930
  • Description digitized by Yuki Ishida
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Espermat. Cuba Invent. Prelim.: XII (2016)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:690 (K, O, Mo, H [as Paraserianthes falcataria]); Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1998:10 (Syn. P. falcataria = Falcataria moluccana); Staples & Herbst 2005:299 (KEY), 331 (DESCR); Oppenheimer & Bartlett 2002:8 (WM); Starr et al. 2003:27 (EM); Oppenheimer 2007:23 (L); Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016:12 (Syn. F. moluccana = F. falcata [basionym Adenanthera falcata L. (1754) has priority over Albizia moluccana Miq. (1855)]); Lori Buchanan pers. comm. 2025 (Mo†, 2020)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin east maui, makawao district, haiku, e kuiaha rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. martz, k. collector number: 000526-1 Maui BISH 5/26/2000
2 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kapaa, along edge of un-maintained reservoir HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Kauai 10/15/2003
3 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin kipapa gulch, by road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN edmondson, c.h. Hawaii BISH 7/2/1944
4 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 8/2/2013
5 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Lava Tree State Park HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 6/16/2004
6 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin 47 mi SW of Hilo on State Route 11; SW of Volcanoes National Park PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Miller, J.S. Merello, M. Collector Number: 7956 Hawaii BISH 8/6/1992
7 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Akaka Falls State Park HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 7/9/2016
8 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Akaka Falls State Park HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 7/9/2016
9 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Hilo, in residential area HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 6/8/2018
10 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kipapa Gulch, by road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Edmondson, C.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/2/1944
11 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Nonou Forest Reserve just inside, behind Wailua house lots PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Spence, G. 414 Kauai BISH 11/2/1976
12 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin lava tree state park, 20 mi. se of hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31058 Hawaii BISH 8/17/1976
13 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin 47 mi SW of Hilo on State Route 11; SW of Volcanoes National Park PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Miller, J.S. 7956 Hawaii BISH 8/6/1992
14 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin East Maui, Makawao District, Haiku, E Kuiaha Rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 000526-1 Maui BISH 5/26/2000
15 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Honolulu, 3349 Round Top Dr. roadside, forest; with Malvaviscus arboreus, Psidium guajava PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. Gibney, E. Collector Number: 49 Oahu BISH 9/11/1997
16 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin kipapa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN korte, k.h. Oahu BISH 9/2/1944
17 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unknown 2142 Lanai BISH
18 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin nonou forest reserve Ruderal PRESERVED_SPECIMEN spence, g. collector number: 414 Oahu BISH 11/2/1976
19 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Waiahole, Water Reserve PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Saito, F. 13 Oahu BISH 4/13/1962
20 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Keaaku Gulch Common on leeward flats, in some windward headwaters, and outside Lana`i City along rds and in gulches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H80622 Lanai BISH 8/16/2006
21 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Waiahole Valley, road to ditch trail wet forest of exotic trees PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 59475 Oahu BISH 3/1/1980
22 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Lyon Arboretum, Middle Lawn Makai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K.M. 227 Oahu BISH 6/14/1967
23 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin kilauea, northeast part of kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31178 Oahu BISH 9/2/1976
24 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin puna, road between pahoa and cosat (to warm springs), in field PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. collector number: 3036 Hawaii BISH 8/8/1959
25 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Wailua Game Reserve on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. Tree plot area. Fertilizer applied topically PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Howard, R.A. 20250 Kauai BISH 10/20/1985
26 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin ne part PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31178 Kauai BISH 9/2/1976
27 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Keaaku Gulch Common on leeward flats, in some windward headwaters, and outside Lana`i City along rds and in gulches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Wood, K.R. Collector Number: H80622 Lanai BISH 8/16/2006
28 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin lyon arboretum, middle lawn makai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 227 Oahu BISH 6/14/1967
29 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin 47 mi sw of hilo on state route 11; sw of volcanoes national park PRESERVED_SPECIMEN miller, j.s. merello, m. collector number: 7956 Hawaii BISH 8/6/1992
30 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna District, Kapoho, near the intersection of Routes 132 & 137 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Collector Number: H40024 Hawaii BISH 4/24/2000
31 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin No locality information available PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral herbst LD 10/25/1967
32 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin no locality information available PRESERVED_SPECIMEN derral herbst LD 10/25/1967
33 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin No locality information available PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst LD 10/25/1967
34 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Among bushes and sparse grass PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unknown 2146 MIN
35 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin 47 mi SW of Hilo on State Route 11, SW of Volcanos National Park. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN James S. Miller|Mary Merello Miller 7956 Missouri Botanical Garden 8/6/1992
36 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin W. Maui, Lahaina District, Honokohau, Pohakupule gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H50003 Maui US 5/2/2000
37 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin 47 mi sw of hilo on state route 11, sw of volcanos national park. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN james s. miller|mary merello miller 7956 MO 8/6/1992
38 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin lyon arboretum, trails above inspiration valley, valley 1-3. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN karen m. meyer|andrew townesmith meyer 342 MO 5/3/2008
39 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin round top drive; 100m north of radio tower at pu ualakoa state park. disturbed montane mesic forest. associated with schinus terebinthifolius, auraucaria, macadamia tennifolia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN brand brand 13 MO 3/11/1998
40 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna District, 1km W on Pakaka Rd (Private land holding) Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. R. Annable 3742 NY 1/13/1998
41 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin puna district, 1km w on pakaka rd (private land holding) Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. r. annable 3742 NY 1/13/1998
42 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin tantalus, 3349 round top dr Mesic-wet forest, roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 49 NY 9/11/1997
43 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Tantalus, 3349 Round Top Dr Mesic-wet forest, roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 49 NY 9/11/1997
44 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin plantation grown in hawaii [state or island?] PRESERVED_SPECIMEN r. c. koeppen & m. u.s. forest products laboratory s.n. NY
45 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Keaaku Gulch. On leeward flats, in some windward headwaters, and outside Lanai City along roads and in gulches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H80622 Lanai PTBG 8/16/2006
46 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Above Wailua, Wailua Game Reserve. Vegetation on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Shawn Lum 153 Kauai PTBG 7/1/1983
47 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Above Wailua, Wailua Game Reserve. Vegetation on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. Tree plot area. Fertilizer applied topically. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Richard A. Howard 20250 Kauai PTBG 10/20/1985
48 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Oahu Island, Honolulu, University of Hawaii campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Vladimir J. Krajina 620530018 UBC 5/30/1962
49 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna, road between Pahoa and coast (to Warm Springs), in field PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B. C. 3036 Hawaii US 8/1/1959
50 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin h. l. lyon arboretum - middle lawn mauka. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. nagata 435 Oahu US 6/28/1968
51 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kilauea, northeast part of Kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31178 Kauai US 9/2/1976
52 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin e part of hawaii, lava tree state park, 20 mi se of hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31058 Hawaii US 8/17/1976
53 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin w. maui, lahaina district, honokohau, pohakupule gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer h50003 Maui US 5/2/2000
54 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unknown 2143 Maui US
55 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin H. L. Lyon Arboretum - Middle Lawn Mauka. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K. M. 435 Oahu US 6/28/1968
56 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin E part of Hawaii, Lava Tree State Park, 20 mi SE of Hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31058 Hawaii US 8/17/1976
57 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin W. Maui, Lahaina District, Honokohau, Pohakupule gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L. H50003 Maui US 5/2/2000
58 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unknown 2141 Kauai US
59 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Forestry planting, Nonou Forest Reserve. Collected just inside Forest Reserve behind Wailua house lots. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Spence, G. 414 Kauai US 11/2/1976
60 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin puna, road between pahoa and coast (to warm springs), in field PRESERVED_SPECIMEN b. c. stone 3036 Hawaii US
61 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin forestry planting, nonou forest reserve. collected just inside forest reserve behind wailua house lots. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. spence 414 Kauai US 11/2/1976
62 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Lava Tree State Park, 20 mi SE of Hilo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31058 Hawaii BISH 8/17/1976
63 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin puna district, kapoho, near the intersection of routes 132 & 137 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h40024 Hawaii BISH 4/24/2000
64 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Honolulu: Manoa Valley; between Lyon Arboretum and Manoa Falls Trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 677 Oahu BISH 10/25/1967
65 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin kohala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. Hawaii BISH 6/20/1939
66 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin manoa valley, near head, arboretum of h.s.p.a PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. caum, e.l.; hume, e.p. Oahu BISH 12/11/1930
67 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin waiahole valley, road to ditch trail wet forest of exotic trees PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. evans iii, e.c. collector number: 59475 Oahu BISH 3/1/1980
68 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin honolulu: manoa valley; between lyon arboretum and manoa falls trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 677 Maui BISH 10/25/1967
69 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kipapa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Korte, K.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/2/1944
70 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Molokai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Uehara, S. s.n. Molokai BISH 2/9/1958
71 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna District, Kapoho, near the intersection of Routes 132 & 137 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H40024 Hawaii BISH 4/24/2000
72 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin wailua game reserve on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. Tree plot area. Fertilizer applied topically PRESERVED_SPECIMEN howard, r.a. collector number: 20250 Kauai BISH 10/20/1985
73 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokohau, Pohakupule Gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H50003 Maui BISH 5/2/2000
74 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin east side of manoa road, last bend before arboretum entrance Assoc. spp: Dodonaea, Bidens, Gouldia, Psychotna, Ilex, Acacia, Ohia, Styphelia, Sedges various PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 226 Oahu BISH 6/14/1967
75 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Honolulu, 3349 Round Top Dr. roadside, forest; with Malvaviscus arboreus, Psidium guajava PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. 49 Oahu BISH 9/11/1997
76 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kohala PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd Jr., A.F. s.n. Hawaii BISH 6/20/1939
77 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin East Maui, Makawao District, Haiku, E Kuiaha Rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. Martz, K. Collector Number: 000526-1 Maui BISH 5/26/2000
78 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Kipapa Trail, off trail, S of trail, flattened peak of Puu Kamana disturbed wet lowland forest; Metrosideros, Acacia, Dicranopteris PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Reynolds, L.S. 117b Oahu BISH 6/8/2006
79 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin kipapa trail, off trail, s of trail, flattened peak of puu kamana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN reynolds, l.s. elmore, m. collector number: 117b Oahu BISH 6/8/2006
80 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin molokai Naturalizing in the back part of nursery. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN uehara, s. Oahu BISH 2/9/1958
81 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokohau, Pohakupule Gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Collector Number: H50003 Maui BISH 5/2/2000
82 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Honolulu, Foster Gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Potter, C. s.n. Oahu BISH 5/1/1961
83 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin w maui, lahaina district, honokohau, pohakupule gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h50003 Maui BISH 5/2/2000
84 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin NE part PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31178 Kauai BISH 9/2/1976
85 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin honolulu, foster gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN potter, c. Oahu BISH 5/1/1961
86 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Puna, road between Pahoa and cosat (to Warm Springs), in field PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 3036 Hawaii BISH 8/1/1959
87 Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin hills above Hilo HUMAN_OBSERVATION Friday, J.B. Hawaii 6/8/2018
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