[ILDIS] International Legume Database & Information Service

LEGUMEWEB
Report generated by LegumeWeb from the ILDIS World Database of Legumes, version 10.01

Adenanthera pavonina

Accepted name

 Adenanthera pavonina L.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Synonyms

 Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.11
Adenanthera polita Miq.11
Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.11

Taxonomy

 Tribe: Mimoseae;  Genus: Adenanthera

Vernacular names

 Acacia Coral12; Agati7; Agati Petite Feuille7; Arbre glise3; Bead Tree13; Bead Tree7; Bead Tree14; Boir Noir a Graines Rouges15; Boir Noir a la Graine16; Boir Noir de Bourbon16; Boir Noir Rouge17; Bois Noir de Bourbon5; Bois Noir Rouge5; Bois Noir Graines Rouges5; Bois Noir la Graine16; Bonaramena (Madagascar)18; Circassian Bean19; Circassian Seed2; Conori (Madagascar)18; Corail Vgtale3; Coral Wood13; Coralitos20; Curly Bean21; Deleite20; Delicia20; Dilmawi3; Graine-rglisse3; Jumbi Bead3; Kafe Bonara (Madagascar)18; L'glise3; Lagati22; Lera23; Oeil De Paon (Madagascar)18; Paina14; Peacock Flower-fence14; Peon & #237; a20; Peon & #237; a Extranjera20; Pitipitio14; Pomea24; Popoa14; Red Bead Tree2; Red Bead Tree23; Red Sandalwood3; Red Sandalwood7; Red Sandalwood Tree14; Rglisse20; Vaivai Ni Vavalagi23

Descriptors

 Perennial non-climbing tree;  not threatened

Uses

 Environmental13; Wood13; Chemical products6; Chemical products9; Chemical products25; Domestic5; Domestic6; Domestic9; Domestic26; Environmental5; Environmental9; Environmental18; Food and Drink9; Medicine27; Medicine5; Medicine6; Medicine25; Miscellaneous6; Miscellaneous23; Wood5; Wood6; Wood9; Wood25; Wood16; Environmental1; Food and Drink1; Miscellaneous1; Wood1

Notes

 Infusion of leaves relieves dysentry27; Seeds used as jewellers weights6; Introduced to India prehistorically.9; Posibly indigenous to Seychelles.7; Frequently cultivated.1

Geographical records

 Africa:   Cameroon(I)28, Chad(I)29, Ghana(I)28, Guinea Bissau(I)30, Mozambique(I)31, Nigeria(I)32, Sao Tome & Principe(I)12, Sierra Leone(I)28, Tanzania(I)33, Togo(I)28, Uganda(I)33, Zaire(I)34

Aldabra:   Alphonse Group7, Amirantes Group7, Coetivy I7

Asia1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 27, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55:   Bangladesh(N)52, Brunei(N)55, Burma(N)5, 39, Cambodia(N)27, China(N)27, 40, India(N)4, 5, 8, 27, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, India-ISO(N)4, Indonesia-ISO(N)1, 9, 11, 37, Irian Jaya(N)1, 9, Java(N)11, Kalimantan(N)37, Laos(N)27, Lesser Sunda Is(N)9, 11, Malaysia-ISO(N)11, 27, 38, Moluccas(N)9, 11, Myanmar(N)4, 5, 27, Pakistan(I)10, Peninsular Malaysia(N)9, 11, 15, Philippines(I)9, 11, Sabah(N)38, Singapore(I)40, Sri Lanka(N)5, 6, 9, 27, Sulawesi(N)9, 11, Sumatra(N)11, Taiwan(I)35, Thailand(N)36, 39, Vietnam(N)27

Australasia9, 27:   Australia(N)9, 27, Papua New Guinea(N)1, 9

Australia:   Northern Territory9

Caribbean2, 3, 20, 21, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61:   Antigua-Barbuda(I)3, Bahamas(I)61, Barbados(I)3, Cayman Is(I)21, Dominica(I)3, Dominican Republic(I)20, Grenada(I)3, Guadeloupe(I)3, Haiti(I)20, Jamaica(I)2, Martinique(I)3, Montserrat(I)3, St Kitts-Nevis(I)3, St Lucia(I)3, St Vincent(I)3

India:   Assam4, Bihar49, Goa47, Gujarat41, Karnataka42, Kerala54, Madhaya Pradesh50, Maharashtra48, Meghalaya45, Punjab51, Sikkim8, Tamil Nadu43, Tripura46, Uttar Pradesh44, West Bengal53

Indian Ocean4, 5, 7, 18, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67:   Aldabra(U)7, Andaman Is(N)4, 65, Comoro Is(U)62, 67, Madagascar(I)18, Maldives(U)63, 66, Mauritius(I)5, Nicobar Is(N)64, Reunion(I)5, Rodrigues(I)5, Seychelles(U)7

North America19, 59:   United States(I)19, 59

Pacific Ocean1, 9, 14, 23, 24, 68, 69:   Bismarck Archipelago(N)9, Bougainville(N)1, Fiji(I)23, 68, Niue(I)24, Northern Marianas(U)69, Society Is(I)14, Solomon Is(N)1, 9

South America70, 71, 72, 73:   Brazil(I)70, 72, French Guiana(I)71, Surinam(I)73

United States:   Florida19

(N = native, I = introduced, U = uncertain status)

Habitats (for Africa only)

 Cultivated33

Literature citations

 Description1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 61, 74, 75, 76;  Distribution32;  Illustration1, 3, 5, 9, 20, 27, 35, 36, 61

Sources

 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005);     Coordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP

References
1:Verdcourt, B. (1979) A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG
2:Adams, C.D. (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
3:Howard, R.A. et al. (1988) Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum
4:Sanjappa, M. (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...
5:Polhill, R, M. (1990) Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
6:Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1980) Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1. M.D. Dassanayalu....
7:Robertson, S.A. (1989) Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew
8:Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1987) Flora of Bhutan, Vol. 1. (Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG
9:Nielsen, I. & Guinet, P. (1992) Nord. J. Bot. 12 (1): 85-114. Synopsis of Adenanthera (Mim.)
10:Ali, S.I. (1973) Flora of Pakistan, No. 36. Mimosaceae. Karachi: Univ. of Karachi
11:Nielsen, I.C. (1992) Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.
12:Liberato, Maria Candida (1973) Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae
13:Dale, I.R. (1953) A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda
14:Welsh, S.L. (1998) Flora Societensis
15:Vaughan, R.E. (1937) Mauritius Inst. Bull. 1 (1). Catalogue of flowering plants...
16:Baker, J.G. (1877) Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
17:de Cordemoy, E.J. (1895) Flore de l'ile de la Reunion
18:Du Puy, D.J. et al. (2002) The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
19:Isely, D. (1998) Native & naturalized Leg. of the USA. Brigham Young Univ. Utah
20:Liogier, A.H. (1985) La Flore de la Espanola. III
21:Proctor, G.R. (1984) Fl. Cayman Islands Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. XI
22:Robertson, S.A. & Todd, D.M. (1983) Atoll Res. Bull. 273 (3): 39-64 Vegetation of Frigate Island
23:Parham, J.W. (1972) Plants of the Fiji Islands
24:Sykes, W. (1979) Flora of Niue
25:Ambasta, S.P. (1986) The useful plants of India
26:Jain, S.K. (1991) Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
27:Nielsen, I. (1981) Leg-Mim. In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et Viet-nam, Vol 19. A.
28:Lock, J.M. (1985) Specimen in Herb. Kew
29:Lebrun, J.-P. et al (1972) IEMVPT Et. Bot. 1, Catalogue des Plant. Vasc. du Tchad Meridional
30:Liberato, Maria Candida (1972) Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae
31:Brenan, J.P.M. (1970) Mimosoideae. In: Flora Zambeziaca Vol. 3 (1). Brenan, JPM et al.
32:Keay, R.W.J. et al. (1964) Nigerian Trees Vol. 2
33:Brenan, J.P.M. (1959) Mimosoideae. In: Fl. Trop. East Africa. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
34:Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1952) Flore du Congo Belge, Vol. 3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.
35:Ohashi, H. (1966) Flora of Eastern Himalaya. H. Hara. Tokyo
36:Nielsen, I. (1985) Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 2. Mimosaceae. In: T. Smithinans
37:Whitmore, Tantra & Sutisna (eds) (1990) Tree Flora of Indonesia-Checklist for Kalimantan part 2 no 1
38:Cockburn, P.F. (1976) Trees of Sabah 1: Sabah Forest Record No. 10, Forest Dept. Sabah
39:Meijer, W. (1974) Field Guide to Trees of West Malesia Univerisity of Kentucky
40:Corner, E.J. H (1952) Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.
41:Shah, G.L. (1978) Flora of Gujarat State Vol. 1
42:Cooke, T. (1903) The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol. 1
43:Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N. (1983) Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol. 1
44:Kanjilal, P.C. (1966) A forest... Uttar Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)
45:Haridasan, K. & Rao, R.R. (1985) Forest Flora of Meghalaya Vol. 1
46:Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1
47:Rao, R.S. (1985) Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1
48:Nairne, A.K. (1894) The flowering plants of western India
49:Varma, S.K. (1981) Flora of Bhagalpur. Dicotyledons
50:Singh, A.N. (1993) In: Verma, D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. 1.
51:Sharma, M. (1990) Punjab Plants Check-list
52:Khatun, R.B. (1987) Tree Legumes of Bangladesh
53:Sikdar, J.K. & Ghosh, R.B. (1981) J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 224-229. A taxonomic...
54:Sasidharan, N. & Sivarajan, V.V. (1996) Flowering plants of Thrissur Forest... Kerala, India. Jodhpur.
55:Kirkup et al. (1997) Brunei Checklist
56:Howard, R.A. & Proctor, G.R. (1957) J. Arnold Arbor. 38 (2): 151-169 Vegn. Bauxitic Soils-Jamaica, II
57:Leon, H. & Alain, H. (1951) Flora de Cuba 2: 224-367 Leguminosas
58:Liogier, A.H. (1988) Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
59:List Based Record (1986) U.S. Soil Conservation Service
60:Seymour, F.C. (1981) Phytologia 48 (1): 1-71 Bipinnate Leguminosae of Nicaragua
61:Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982) Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. 1692pp J. Cramer
62:Voeltzkow, A. (1916) Fl. Fauna Comoren
63:Fosberg, F.R. (1957) Atoll Res. Bull. 58: 1-37 The Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean
64:Sanjappa, M. (2000) Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript
65:Parkinson, C.E. (1923) A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands
66:Kumar, S. (1997) J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 381-391. Preliminary observations...
67:Voeltzkow, A. (1917) Flora und Fauna der Comoren. 428-480. Berlin.
68:Smith, A.C. (1985) Flora Vitiensis Nova, Vol. 3.
69:Fosberg, F.R. et al. (1979) A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae
70:Boeclke, O. (1946) Darwiniana 7 (2): 240-321 Est. Morfologico Semillas Mim. y Cae
71:Lemee, A. (1952) Flore de la Guyane francaise 2: 36-162 Legumineuses
72:Lewis, G.P. (1987) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia
73:Boggan, V. et al. (1993) Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ. Guyana. Georgetown.
74:Ridley, H.N. (1922) Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I
75:Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S. (2001) Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
76:Backer, C.A. (1963) Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

 The following databases on Web pages not maintained by ILDIS may contain information on Adenanthera pavonina . If you use one of these buttons, you may have to use your browser's Back button to return to this page.

Nomenclature
TROPICOS nomenclatural database at Missouri Botanical Garden (W3TROPICOS)
APNI (Australian Plant Name Index): nomenclatural database in Canberra

Rhizobia
database of root-nodule bacteria at RIKEN, Japan


Retrieval performed at 2013-06-20 06:11:51 (server time) by Araneus version 1.27R2, designed and written by Richard White and last revised on 1 November 2005 (rebuilding 24 April 2013). Processing time for this enquiry = 0.39 seconds. Powered by MySQL

ILDIS LegumeWeb is being debugged

The LegumeWeb software has been re-created and is being debugged. ILDIS apologises for the lack of service while the problem was addressed. Some parts of the system may still not behave as expected. (24 April 2013)

[Home] [Back] [Help] [Search]

[News] [Email] [Contact]

If you wish to make any enquiries about this page, please use the contact button (for postal address and phone and fax numbers) or the email button (if you can email from within your browser).

ILDIS Copyright © 2013 by International Legume Database & Information Service. All rights reserved.

This page was generated by the Araneus program (version Araneus) designed and written by Richard White and last edited on 1 November 2005 (rebuilding 24 April 2013). It was created on a server run by the School of Computer Science & Informatics at Cardiff University. Any views expressed in these pages are not necessarily those of the University.