Amherstia nobilis Wall. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Amherstia nobilis Wall.

Summary

Genus:

Amherstia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Detarieae

Nomen number:

2893

Place of publication:

Taylor & Phillips, Philos. Mag. new ser., 3:223. 1826 (Pl. asiat. rar. 1:1, t. 1, 2. 1829)

Verified:

02/11/1991 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. Florae siamensis enumeratio. 1925-1962
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Lewis, G. et al., eds. Legumes of the world. 2005
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Lim, G. 1977. Nodulation of tropical legumes in Singapore. Trop. Agric. (Trinidad) 54(2):135-141.
Mabberley, D. J. 1982. William Roxburgh's "botanical description of a new species of Swietenia (Mahogany)" and other overlooked binomials in 36 vascular plant families. Taxon 31:67.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
Wright, H. 1903. Nitrogenous plants. Circ. Agric. J. Roy. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 2(4):77-81.

Common names

English
amherstia –
pride-of-Burma –
Swedish
amherstia –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
2	Cultivated

Native
Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Myanmar

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Lewis, G. et al., eds. Legumes of the world. 2005

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2893. Accessed 17 December 2025.