Falcataria falcata (syns. Albizia falcata, Falcataria moluccana and Paraserianthes falcataria), commonly known as the Moluccan albizia, is a species of fast-growing tree in the family Fabaceae. [3] It is native to the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

Falcataria falcata (also called 'Falcate Falcataria', among many other common names) is a species of tree native to Central and South America. It is a small, evergreen tree with long, thin stems and small, green leaves. It is found in humid, tropical forests, often growing in shady areas.

Falcataria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the monophyletic Mimosoid clade [1][3] in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. [3] . The genus has three species previously classified in the Falcataria section of the genus Paraserianthes by I.C. Neilsen.

It is a medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall. The bole is branchless for up to 20 m and up to 100 cm or sometimes more in diameter. Paraserianthes falcataria is reported in primary, but more often in secondary forests and on river flood terraces, from the sea level up to 2,300 m of altitude. Plantations Available?

Paraserianthes falcataria is a large tree that can grow up to 40 m tall with the first branch at a height of up to 20 m (Figure 1). The tree can grow to 100 cm or sometimes more in diameter (Figure 2), with a spreading flat crown. When grown in the open, trees form a large umbrella-shaped canopy. The buttress is small or absent (Figure 3).

Jun 26, 2023 · Falcataria moluccana is a large, nitrogen-fixing tree which has been widely introduced throughout the tropics as a very fast-growing plantation tree (7 m in the first year), for shade and also as an ornamental. Currently widely cultivated and exploited, it has escaped and become invasive especially in natural lowland humid forests on Pacific ...

Agriculture: Used as shade tree in coffee and tea plantations, as well as for young timber trees. Leaves used as fodder to feed livetsock like chickens and goats. Products: Bark used for tanning and dyestuff.

P. falcataria grows so fast that it is sometimes called the ‘miracle tree’. It is even mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s fastest growing tree. On good sites it can attain a height of 7 m in just over a year.

Paraserianthes falcataria is a fairly large tree, up to 40 m tall; bole branchless for up to 20 m; grows to 100 cm or sometimes more in diameter, with a spreading flat crown.

Quercus falcata, commonly called southern red oak or Spanish oak, is a medium to large deciduous oak that typically matures to 60-80’ tall. It is native from New Jersey to Florida west to southern Illinois, southern Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.