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Taxon:  Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes



Summary
Genus:
Falcataria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
405168
Place of publication:
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):255. 1996
Verified:
05/01/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Albizia moluccana Miq.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Adenanthera falcataria L.
Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosberg
Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) I. C. Nielsen
Invalid Designation(s)
Albizia falcata auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  2. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  3. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  4. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Common names
English
batai –
bataiwood –
Moluccan-sau –
Portuguese (Brazil)
albízia –
bataí –
mara –
parasiante –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropics
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Maluku]
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalagroforestryfide Mem NYBG 74:256. 1996Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):255.
Environmentalrevegetatorfide Mem NYBG 74:256. 1996Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):255.
Environmentalsoil improverfide Mem NYBG 74:256. 1996Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):255.
Materialspotential as fiber National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Materialswood Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405168. Accessed 11 May 2025.