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Samanea leptophylla (Harms) Brenan & Brummitt

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves: pinnae 12-16 pairs; leaflets 20-54 pairs, 4-7·5 x 1-1·3 mm., linear-oblong, ± obtuse at the apex, subglabrous except for ciliate margins or the basal leaflets more pubescent; basal pair of leaflets differentiated as in Cathormion altissimum.
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Tree c. 15-20 m. high, with smooth longitudinally striated dark-grey bark and spreading crown, apparently unarmed; young branchlets and leaf-and pinna-rhachides densely rusty-tomentose.
Pod indehiscent or breaking transversely at irregular intervals, c. 10-18 x 1·6-2 cm., straight or slightly twisted, mostly straight-margined.
Corolla c. 4-5 mm. long, pubescent at least towards the ends of the lobes outside.
Calyx 1·5-3 mm. long, densely puberulous to short-pubescent outside.
Flowers whitish, subsessile or very shortly pedicellate.
Inflorescences on peduncles 2-4·5 cm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Samanea leptophylla world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Conservation status

Samanea leptophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:517866-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194887
COL ID 6XGC6
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Synonyms

Cathormion leptophyllum Arthrosamanea leptophylla Samanea leptophylla Albizia leptophylla Albizia flamignii
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