Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "kalitiya - à ¶Âà ¶½à ¶§à ·Âà ¶º" in Sinhala.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in the 1998 IUCN Redlist reviewed Abarema bigemina and Pithecellobium gracile as Vulnerable species. These are nowadays both considered junior synonyms of Archidendron bigeminum. 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:
- Abarema abeywickramae <small>Kosterm.</small>
- Abarema bigemina <small>(L.) Kosterm.</small>
- Abarema monadelpha <small>(Roxb.) Kosterm.</small>
- Abarema monadelpha <small>(Roxb.) Kosterm.</small> var. gracile <small>(Bedd.) Kosterm.</small>
- Archidendron monadelphum <small>(Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen</small>
- Archidendron monadelphum <small>(Roxb.) I.C.Nielsen</small> var. gracile <small>(Bedd.) Sanjappa</small>
- Inga bigemina <small>(L.) Willd.</small>
- Mimosa bigemina <small>L.</small>
- Mimosa monadelpha <small>Roxb.</small>
- Pithecellobium bigeminum <small>(L.) Mart.</small>
- Pithecellobium bigemium <small>(L.) Mart.</small>
- Pithecellobium gracile <small>Bedd.</small>
- Pithecellobium nicobaricum <small>Prain</small>
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