Archidendron bigeminum

Archidendron bigeminum
Fruit of Archidendron bigeminum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Archidendron
Species:	A. bigeminum
Binomial name
Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen
Synonyms
Numerous, see text

Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "kalitiya - කලටිය" in Sinhala.

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species.[1] These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of Archidendron bigeminum.[2] It may be that the Indian population consists of a smaller-growing variety than that on Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

The complete list of junior synonyms is:[2]

• Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm.
• Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm.
• Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.
• Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm. var. gracile (Bedd.) Kosterm.
• Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen
• Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen var. gracile (Bedd.) Sanjappa
• Inga bigemina (L.) Willd.
• Mimosa bigemina L.
• Mimosa monadelpha Roxb.
• Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.) Mart.
• Pithecellobium bigemium (L.) Mart.
• Pithecellobium gracile Bedd.
• Pithecellobium nicobaricum Prain

Seed of Archidendron bigeminum

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema bigemina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. IUCN: e.T30843A9582379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30843A9582379.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. ILDIS (2005)

• International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Archidendron bigeminum. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.

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