Archidendron bigeminum

Archidendron bigeminum
Fruit of Archidendron bigeminum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
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 people.

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]

Seed of Archidendron bigeminum

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Abarema bigemina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 ILDIS (2005)
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