Albizia amara (Roxb.) B.Boivin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Albizia

Characteristics

Tree, rarely shrubby, 1.5–12(? 15) m. high, deciduous; crown rounded or flat; bark fissured, rough.. Young branchlets with rather short dense spreading grey to golden pubescence.. Leaves: gland on upper side of petiole low, sessile, up to about 0.25 mm. high; pinnae 4–46 pairs; leaflets 12–48 pairs, oblong to linear, 2–5(–7.5) mm. long, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) mm. wide, symmetrical and obtuse or sometimes subacute at apex, ± appressed-pubescent on one or both sides or on margins only, glabrescent or not later; midrib nearly central (except at base); lateral nerves not distinct beneath, rarely slightly raised.. Flowers white or flushed pink, subsessile or up to 1.5 mm. pedicellate; bracteoles very caducous, fallen by flowering time.. Calyx 1–2 mm. long, puberulous or pubescent outside.. Corolla 3.5–7 mm. long, puberulous or pubescent outside.. Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond corolla; filaments about 0.5–1.2 cm. long.. Pod oblong, 10–28 cm. long, 2–5 cm. wide, puberulous over surface, brown.. Seeds 8–13 mm. long, 7–8 mm. wide, flattened.
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Leaves: gland on upper side of petiole low, sessile, up to c. 0·25 mm. high; pinnae 4-46(56) pairs; leaflets 12-48 pairs, 2-5(7·5) x 0·5-1·5(2·5) mm., oblong-linear to linear, symmetric and obtuse or sometimes subacute at the apex, ± appressed-pubescent on one or both surfaces or on the margins only, glabrescent or not later; midrib nearly central (except at the base); lateral nerves not distinct beneath, rarely slightly raised.
Tree, rarely shrubby, 1·5-18 m. high, deciduous; crown rounded or flat; bark fissured, rough; young branchlets with rather short dense spreading grey to golden pubescence.
Flowers white or flushed-pink, subsessile or up to 1·5 mm. pedicellate; bracteoles very caducous, fallen by flowering time.
Pod apparently indehiscent, 10-28 x 2-5 cm., linear-oblong, puberulous over the surface, brown.
Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond the corolla; filaments c. 0·5-1·2 cm. long.
Corolla 3·5-7 mm. long, puberulous or pubescent outside.
Calyx 1-2 mm. long, puberulous or pubescent outside.
Seeds 8-13 x 7-8 mm., flattened.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 2.1
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses cosmetics dye environmental use fodder food additive manure medicinal ornamental poison timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Spasm (aerial part), Wound healing (bark), Edema (flower), Furunculosis (flower), Inflammation (flower), Ulcer (flower), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Conjunctivitis (leaf), Dandruff (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Endophthalmitis (leaf), Erysipelas (leaf), Eye drops (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Erysipelas (plant exudate), Inflammation (plant exudate), Ulcer (plant exudate), Vomiting (root), Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (seed), Anti-bacterial agents (seed), Anti-inflammatory agents (seed), Antineoplastic agents (seed), Astringents (seed), Diarrhea (seed), Erysipelas (seed), Gonorrhea (seed), Hemorrhoids (seed), Ulcer (seed), Diarrhea (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 40
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Albizia amara unspecified picture

Distribution

Albizia amara world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Albizia amara threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473255-1
WFO ID wfo-0000180283
COL ID BG3P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia wightii Albizia amara Albizia gracilifolia Mimosa amara Mimosa pulchella Acacia wightiana Albizia wightii Mimosa nellyrenza Albizia wightiana Inga seriococephala Feuilleea amara Acacia sericocephala Albizia affinis Acacia nellyrenza Acacia amara

Lower taxons

Albizia amara subsp. amara Albizia amara subsp. sericocephala