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词条 Albizia amara
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  1. Description

  2. Ecology

  3. Uses

  4. Gallery

  5. References

{{taxobox
|image =File:Albizia amara(Roxb.)Bolvin..jpg
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Fabales
|familia = Fabaceae
|genus = Albizia
|species = A. amara
|binomial = Albizia amara
|binomial_authority = (Roxb.) Boiv.
|synonyms =
  • Acacia wightii Wight & Arn
  • Mimosa amara Roxb.
  • Mimosa pulchella Roxb.
  • Acacia nellyrenza Wight & Arn.
  • Acacia amara Willd.

|synonyms_ref = [1]
|}}Albizia amara is a tree in the Fabaceae family. Its range includes southern and Eastern Africa, from South Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Albizia amara is a mid-sized, deciduous tree which resembles acacia (sans the thorns).[3] The bark of the tree is grey in color and is grainy and scaly.[3] The leaves consist of up to 15 pairs of side stalks and the leaflets are tiny and can consist of about 15-35 pairs.[3] The flowers are whitish-yellow powder puffs with long stamens and golden pollen.[3] The pods are flat and are about 20 cm long.[3] The leaves thin out during February–March and are renewed in April.[3] The flowers are present throughout May and the fruits ripen during October and November.[3] It is a host plant for Achaea janata.[4]

Ecology

A. amara is intolerant of shade, and resistant to drought. In Africa it grows mainly in sandy woodlands.[2]A. amara and Hardwickia binata are the dominant canopy trees in the Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests ecoregion of India.[5] It is also found in the Anamalai, Palani and Cardamom hills of Western Ghats and the Godavari area, the Javadi Hills of Eastern Ghats in South India.[6]

Uses

Medicinal Uses
  • The leaves and flowers are used for treatment of boils and ulcers. The leaf is also used for treatment of erysipelas.[7]
  • Paste of leaf and rootbark is used to cure both skin diseases and poisonous bites.[8]
  • The seeds are regarded as astringent and used in the treatment of piles, diarrhea and gonorrhea.[8]
  • The flowers are used as a remedy for cough, ulcers,dandruff and malaria.[8]
  • The pharmaceutical compounds of seeds and leaves has potential broad spectrum of anticancer activity.[8]

Its wood is used for construction and furniture, and as a firewood. Albizia amara provides many environmental services: control of soil erosion, wind break, shade provider. It is also an ornamental tree in urban areas. Ruminants can feed its leaves.[9]

In colonial times, in India, its "plentiful" wood was extensively used as railway fuel.[10]

Gallery

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245368/?max=8&offset=0&classification=265799&taxon=116733&view=grid | title=Albizia amara (Roxb.)B.Boivin | accessdate=18 November 2015}}
2. ^1 "Orwa C, A Mutua, Kindt R , Jamnadass R, S Anthony. 2009 Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide version 4.0 (http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sites/treedbs/treedatabases.asp). Accessed 18 July 2014  
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|last1=Krishen|first1=Pradip|title=Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide|date=2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vw9IDLLkWtEC&pg=PA348&dq=albizia+amara&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=albizia%20amara&f=false}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Sen-Sarma|first1=P. K.|title=Forest Entomology|date=2012|publisher=APH Publishing|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=I2JnsZGGYrYC&pg=PA2&dq=albizia+amara&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=albizia%20amara&f=false}}
5. ^Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC. pp. 324-326
6. ^{{cite book|last1=Mani|first1=M.S|title=Ecology and Biogeography in India|date=December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FvvtCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA726&dq=albizia+amara&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=albizia%20amara&f=false|accessdate=24 October 2015}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Khare|first1=C.P.|title=Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary|date=22 April 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|pages=29, 30|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMwLwbUwtfkC&pg=PA29&dq=%22albizia+amara%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22albizia%20amara%22&f=false}}
8. ^1 2 3 {{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|title=Albizia amara - A Potential Medicinal Plant: A Review|url=https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v5i3/NOV161939.pdf|journal=International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)|volume=5|pages=|via=}}
9. ^Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Lebas F., 2016. Albizia (Albizia amara). Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/337
10. ^Cox, Arthur F., 1895. Madras District Manuals: North Arcot (North Arcot District Gazetteer). Madras: Government Press. p. 25.
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