Botanical name: Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) Nielsen
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Synonyms: Adenanthera falcata Linn., Adenanthera falcataria Linn., Albizia falcata (L.) Backer, Albizia falcata sensu Backer, Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosberg, Albizia moluccana Miq., and Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby and J.W. Grimes (Soerianegara and Lemmens 1993).
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Common names in Indonesia: jeungjing, sengon laut (Java); tedehu pute (Sulawesi); rare, selawoku, selawaku merah, seka, sika, sika bot, sikas, tawa sela (Maluku); bae, bai, wahogon, wai, wikkie (Papua) (Martawijaya et al. 1989).
Common names in other countries: puah (Brunei); albizia, batai, Indonesian albizia, moluca, paraserianthes, peacock plume, white albizia (England); kayu...