Albizia chevalieri Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Albizia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows to about 6 m tall. The crown is umbrella shaped. The bark is grey and corky. The branches are softly hairy. The leaves have 8-12 pairs of pinnae each with 20-40 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 1 cm long. The flowers are in round heads and on stalks 5 cm long. The pods are 10-15 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. There are 7-10 seeds.
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Petals pale crimson with white margins
A tree, to 35 ft. high
Fruits pale brown
Grey corky bark
Filaments white
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.83
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the Sahel. It needs slightly moist sites and sandy soils. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 500-1,200 mm. It can grow in arid places.
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Drier savannah regions; sandy soil; clayey-humid sand; alluvial terraces; swampy ground; rocky outcrops; clayey-sandy soil; sometimes in small clumps.
In the drier savannah regions.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young shoots are cooked and eaten.
Uses dye fiber fodder fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible leaves shoots stems
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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 24 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Albizia chevalieri world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Chad

Conservation status

Albizia chevalieri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473203-1
WFO ID wfo-0000181998
COL ID BG52
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Albizia chevalieri