Albizia niopoides var niopoides (HT 2012 186)

Reference ID
HT 2021-186

Scientific name: Albizia niopoides var. niopoides
Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Girth: 5.94 m @ 1.3 m height
Height: 41.6 m

Location
Singapore Botanic Gardens,
Lawn E (near HT Tembusu)

The seed from which this Heritage Tree sprouted was brought into Singapore from Darjeeling (India) on 4 May 1925 and nurtured in the Singapore Botanic Gardens nursery for 4 years until the sapling was planted at its current site on 17 May 1929.

Initially thought to be Albizia lebbekoides, it was not until February 2016 when the tree was identified to be Albizia niopoides var. niopoides, a species native to tropical America. Despite its neotropical origins, this species has been introduced into cultivation in countries across the Old World tropics such as Nigeria, Mauritius, and India.

This Heritage Tree was recorded with a height of 46 m with a trunk girth of 6.3 m in 2014.

For more information on this species, please visit the NParks Flora & Fauna Web profile here.

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📷: Hazri Boey