Albizia schimperiana Oliv.
var. schimperiana

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (6)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr Herbarium, National Botanic Garden

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Albizia maranguensis Taub. & Engl.
Common names:	Forest long-pod Albizia (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Large tree. Bark smooth, pale grey-brown. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 6-22 pairs per pinna, asymmetrically oblong, often pointed at the apex, appressed-hairy and often much paler below; midrib asymmetrical and almost diagonal. Flowers in rather lax heads, creamy-white; stamens up to 1.2 cm long. Pods flattened, up to 34 cm long, brown.
Notes:	Similar to A. adianthifolia and A. gummifera, which both occur in similar habitats. A. schimperiana has smaller and less rectangular leaflets and it lacks the long coloured staminal tubes of those species. Two varieties are sometimes recognized, var. schimperiana and var. amaniensis (Baker f.) Brenan, but this separation is considered doubtful and not used here.
Derivation of specific name:	schimperiana: although several other persons named Schimper are known in botanical history most species and genera are likely named after Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878) who collected mainly in Ethiopia.
Habitat:	In and along the margins of evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	900 - 1830 m
Flowering time:	Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, 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 127 - 128. as Albizia schimperana 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). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 18. As Albizia schimperana 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 94.

Other sources of information about Albizia schimperiana var. schimperiana:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Albizia schimperiana var. schimperiana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Albizia schimperiana var. schimperiana
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Albizia schimperiana var. schimperiana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Albizia schimperiana
African Plant Database: Albizia schimperiana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Albizia schimperiana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Albizia schimperiana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Albizia schimperiana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Albizia schimperiana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Albizia schimperiana
JSTOR Plant Science: Albizia schimperiana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Albizia schimperiana
Plants of the World Online: Albizia schimperiana
Tropicos: Albizia schimperiana
Wikipedia: Albizia schimperiana