genus

Intsia

Intsia

Field notes

Intsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species which range from eastern Africa and Madagascar to India, Indochina, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, and the south Pacific. They are trees which grow up to 40 (–45) meters tall, often buttressed, evergreen and unarmed. Typical habitat is humid tropical lowland forest including coastal forest on sand, rain forest, mangrove fringes and tidal river mouths, and occasionally inland on hills.

Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze – Zanzibar, Madagascar, and the Indian Ocean Islands to India, Indochina, Taiwan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the southwestern Pacific

Intsia palembanica Miq. – Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and New Guinea

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees

From USDA PLANTS.