Albizia antunesiana Harms

Species

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Characteristics

Tree up to 12 m high, branches usually spreading somewhat. Bark grey, rough or sometimes smooth; young branchlets very shortly pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves: petiole 3-8.5 cm long, adaxial gland usually immediately above or a short distance above the pulvinus, humped or flattened and ± discoid and up to 4 x 4 mm; rhachis 0-13 cm long, sparingly pubescent when young but soon becoming glabrous or almost so; pinnae 1-4 pairs; rhachillae 5-16 cm long; leaflets 4-9 pairs, (16)23-50 x 8-28 mm (in our area), oblique, ovate to rhombic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, usually rounded or slightly emarginate apically, papery to sub-coriaceous, glabrous, venose, glaucous, paler beneath. Inflorescences globose; peduncles 3.6-8 cm long, sparingly rusty-pubescent. Flowers creamy-white, sessile or up to 2 mm pedicellate; bracteoles small, rapidly deciduous and shed before flowering. Calyx (3)3.5-5.5 mm long, rusty-puberulous or-pubescent. Corolla 5.5-11 mm long, densely minutely appressed-pubescent, lobes up to 4 mm long. Stamens 1.5-3 cm long, united basally for up to 5 mm, tube not or scarcely exserted beyond the corolla. Ovary ±2 mm long, shortly stipitate, glabrous. Pods 11-16(23) x 2.5-4(4.6) cm, oblong, valves thin, glabrous or with few hairs near the base and margins, transversely venose, umbonate over the seeds, longitudinally dehiscent. Seeds ±7-9 mm in diameter, flattened.
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Tree (1.5–)6–18 m. high; branches spreading; bark rough, reticulate.. Young branchlets glabrous or nearly so, or very shortly pubescent.. Leaves: rhachis glabrous or subglabrous; pinnae (1–)2–3(–4) pairs; leaflets 4–8 (–9) pairs, oblique, ovate to rhombic-ovate or elliptic-oblong (15–)23–50 (–63) mm. long, (7–)11–25(–41) mm. wide, rounded or slightly emarginate at apex, glabrous, papery to subcoriaceous, venose, very glaucous beneath.. Flowers greenish-yellow, ochre when over, with whitish filaments; flowers sessile or up to 2 mm. pedicellate; bracteoles already fallen by flowering time, minute, up to 1.7 mm. long.. Calyx (3–)3.5–5.5 mm. long, rather densely puberulous or minutely pubescent outside, not slit unilaterally.. Corolla (5–)5.5–11 mm. long, densely minutely appressed-pubescent outside.. Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond corolla; filaments about 1.5–3 cm. long.. Pod oblong, 12–23 cm. long, 2.7–4.4 cm. wide, glabrous except for some hairs near base and near margins, slightly venose, ± transversely plicate, thin, usually pale brown.. Seeds about 7–9 mm. in diameter, flattened.
Leaves rhachis glabrous or subglabrous; pinnae 1-3(4) pairs, leaflets 4-8(9) pairs (15)23-50(68) x (7)11-25(41) mm., oblique, ovate to rhombic-ovate or elhptic-oblong, usually rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, glabrous, papery to subconaceous, venose, very glaucous and often pale-grey beneath.
A shrub or small climbing tree. The leaves are twice divided. They are divided into 2-3 opposite pairs and these are then divided into 4-8 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are oblong and at an angle. The pods are oblong.
Flowers greenish-yellow, ochre when over, with whitish filaments, sessile or up to 2 mm. pedicellate, bracteoles already fallen by flowering time, minute, up to 1.7 mm. long.
Pod dehiscent, 12-23 x 2.7-4.6 cm., oblong, glabrous except for some hairs near the base and margins, slightly venose, ± transversely plicate, thin, usually pale-brown.
Tree (1.5)6-18 in high; bark rough, or sometimes smooth, reticulate; branches spreading; young oranchlets glabrous or nearly so, or very shortly pubescent.
Calyx (3)3.5-5.5 mm. long, rather densely puberulous or minutely pubescent outside, not slit umlaterally.
Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond the corolla, filaments c. 1.5-3 cm. long.
Corolla (5)5.5-11 mm. long, densely minutely appressed-pubescent outside.
Seeds c. 7-9 mm. in diam., flattened.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 13.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Deciduous woodland and wooded grassland, usually at elevations from 900-1,700 metres but sometimes descending to 250 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. In Zimbabwe it grows between 900-1,680 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and other vegetables added.
Uses animal food bee plant fuel invertebrate food material medicinal tea wood
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Albizia antunesiana world distribution map, present in Angola, Brazil, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Albizia antunesiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473176-1
WFO ID wfo-0000181247
COL ID BG3V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Albizia antunesiana