Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.)I.Nielsen

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Paraserianthes Nielsen
Tribe: Ingeae
References: [1783][2080][2944]

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Other names:

• Acacia lophantha Willd. [Synonym] [2986]
  
• Albizia distachya (Vent.)J.F.Macbr. [Synonym] [1]
  
• Albizia lophantha (Willd.)Benth. [Synonym] [1783][2080]
  
• Feuilleea distachya (Vent.)Kuntze [Synonym] [2986]
  
• Mimosa lophantha (Willd.)Pers. [Synonym] [2986]
  

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Common Names:

• Brush Wattle [2080]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Further editing:
  • 2001-05 Bisby FA & Roskov YR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-05 Barneby RC & Grimes JW (Monograph 1996/97)
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [2022]
  
• Weed [2080]
  
• Wood [2022]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ethiopia [39]
  • Kenya [8]
  • South Africa [19]
  • Tanzania [8]

• Asia [1914] [2022]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Jawa [2022]
  • Lesser Sunda Is [2022]
  • Sumatera [2022]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [1] [1880]

• North America [2986]
  • United States [2986]
    • California [2986]
    • Florida [2986]

• Pacific Ocean [2080]
  • New Zealand(North) [2080]
  • New Zealand(South) [2080]

• South America [2986]
  • Bolivia [2986]
  • Colombia [2986]
  • Ecuador [2986]
  • Venezuela [2986]

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Notes:

• Recorded for East Africa without reference to a particular country (FTEA ref.1
  
• Seldom and nowhere extensively naturalized in New World. [2986]
  
• Cultivated in tropical & warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres. [2986]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:47:36