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5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Albizia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Acacia speciosa (Jacq.) Willd., Inga leucoxylon Hassk.

East Indian walnut, lebbek, siris tree (En). Kokko (En, Fr). Indonesia: ki toke, tarisi (Sundanese), tekik (Javanese). Malaysia: oriang (Peninsular). Philippines: langil (Tagalog). Burma (Myanmar): kokko. Cambodia: chres, kokko. Laos: ka 'sê. Thailand: cha kham (northern), phruek, suek (central). Vietnam: h[owj]p hoan, s[os]ng r[aaj]n.

Probably native to tropical mainland Asia and East Africa, but now cultivated throughout the tropics and throughout Malesia; naturalized in many areas with a seasonal climate.

J.P. Rojo

Rojo, J.P., 1998. Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea