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What are nitrogen fixing plants, and why use them over nitrogen fertilizer?
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen, with a strong triple covalent bond, in the air is converted into ammonia or related nitrogenous compounds, typically in soil or aquatic systems but also in industry.
Examples of NATIVE nitrogen-fixing trees:
- Akleng parang (Albizia procera)
- Akle (Albizia acle)
- Banuyo (Wallaceodendron celebicum)
- Ipil (Intsia bijuga) not the invasive ipil-ipil
- Anabiong (Trema orientalis)
- Ahern’s balok (Millettia ahernii)
- Alibangbang [souring agent] (Piliostigma malabaricum)
- Narra (Pterocarpus indicus)
- Upang (Parkia speciosa)
- Kupang (Parkia javanica)
- Kariskis (Albizia lebbekoides)
- Rarang (Erythrina subumbrans)
- Siar (Peltophorum pterocarpum)
- Tindalo (Afzelia rhomboidea)
- Smaller native N2-fixing plants:
- Tinatinaan/Balabalatong (Indigofera zollingeriana)
- Malabalatong (Flemingia macrophylla)
- Alibangbang puti/Bambang (Bauhinia acuminata) “dwarf white orchid”