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Synonyms: |
Albizia nyasica Dunkley |
Common names: | Crimson long-pod albizia (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark greyish-brown, rough; young branchlets hairy. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 8-17 pairs per pinna, oblong, symmetrical; petiole with a gland just above the base. Flowers in rather small, semi-spherical heads; stamens up to 1.3 cm long, white fading to pink. Pods with conspicuous raised veins, large, up to 32 × 7 cm, crimson, turning brown with age, indehiscent. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | zimmermannii: after Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann, 1860-1931, botanist in Tanzania. |
Habitat: | In woodland, riverine and gorge forest. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and northern Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | C,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 126 - 127. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 229. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 215. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 240. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 45. |
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