Albizia glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Albizia

Characteristics

Tree 9–24 m. high; crown ± flattened; bark smooth, grey.. Young branchlets finely and usually ± sparingly puberulous or shortly pubescent.. Leaves: rhachis clothed like the young branchlets; pinnae 1–3(–4) pairs; leaflets 3–6(–8) pairs, obliquely rhombic-ovate to rarely-obovate or slightly falcate-oblong or asymmetrically elliptic, with the midrib often ± diagonal, 18–70(–90) mm. long, 9–33(–40) mm. wide, narrowed to an obtuse (or, but rarely in E. Africa, subacute to acute) apex, glabrous or nearly so above, the midrib puberulous to almost glabrous, beneath glabrous or nearly so except for sparse puberulence on midrib, rarely finely appressed-puberulent over surface, often pale beneath when dry.. Flowers white or whitish, pedicellate; pedicels 1.5–7 mm. long, densely covered with grey puberulence or very short fine pubescence, as are the outsides of the calyces and corollas.. Calyx 1.5–2.5(–3) mm. long, occasionally slit unilaterally.. Corolla 3–5.5 mm. long.. Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond corolla; filaments about 0.6–1.0 cm. long.. Pod oblong, 12–26 cm. long, 3–4.2 cm. wide, puberulous over surface, not or only slightly glossy, somewhat venose, usually brown.. Seeds about 9–11 mm. long and 6–7 mm. wide, ± flattened.
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Leaves: rhachis clothed like the young branchlets; pinnae 1-3(4) pairs; leaflets 3-6(8) pairs, 18-70(90) x 9-33(42) mm., obliquely rhombic-ovate to rarely-obovate or slightly falcate-oblong or asymmetrically elliptic, with the midrib often ± diagonal, narrowed to an obtuse (or, but not in the Flora area, subacute to acute) apex, glabrous or nearly so above, the midrib puberulous to almost glabrous, beneath glabrous or nearly so except for sparse puberulence or rarely short pubescence on the midrib, rarely finely appressed-puberulous over the surface, often pale beneath when dry.
A tree. It can grow 20 m tall. The crown is flat. The bark is smooth and grey. The flowers are white. The pods are oblong and 12-26 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They are hairy. The seeds are 9-11 mm long and 6-7 mm wide and flattened.
Flowers white or whitish, pedicellate; pedicels 1·5-7 mm. long, densely covered with grey puberulence or very short fine pubescence as are the outsides of the calyces and corollas.
Pod apparently indehiscent, 12-29 x 3-4·2 cm., oblong, puberulous over the surface, not or only slightly glossy, somewhat venose, usually brown.
Tree 9-25 m. high; crown ± flattened; bark smooth, grey or grey-brown; young branchlets usually ± sparingly puberulous or shortly pubescent.
Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond the corolla; filaments c. 0·6-1 cm. long.
Calyx 1·5-2·5(3) mm. long, occasionally slit unilaterally.
Seeds c. 9-11 x 6-7 mm., ± flattened.
A shrub or tree, up to 60 ft. high
Corolla 3-6 mm. long.
Flowers white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 18.29 - 24.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Most commonly found in semi-deciduous forest, but sometimes also in logged-over evergreen forest and in evergreen bushland. It is often characteristic of secondary forest.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food charcoal environmental use food fuel material medicinal shade tea wood
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed. They have a hard seed coat that needs to be broken.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Albizia glaberrima world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Comoros, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Albizia glaberrima threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473250-1
WFO ID wfo-0000182926
COL ID BG6G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 967103
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Synonyms

Albizia warneckei Albizia eggelingii Pithecellobium glaberrimum Albizia glaberrima Albizia glabrescens Feuilleea rubra Mimosa glaberrima Albizia purpurea Acacia comorensis Albizia purpurea Feuilleea glabrescens Inga glaberrima

Lower taxons

Albizia glaberrima var. glaberrima