Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv.

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Albizia coriaria

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Lumangwe Falls, Kalungwishi River, Mporokoso District.

Albizia coriaria

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lake Mweru, Manunga.

Albizia coriaria

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lake Mweru, Manunga.

Albizia coriaria

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lumangwe Falls, Kalungwishi River, Mporokoso District.

Albizia coriaria

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lumangwe Falls, Kalungwishi River, Mporokoso District.

Albizia coriaria

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lumangwe Falls, Kalungwishi River, Mporokoso District.

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Description: Tree 6-36 m. high; crown spreading, flat; bark rough, dark; young branchlets puberulous. Leaf with 3-6 pairs of pinnae, with leaflets in 6-11 pairs, discolorous, the undersides paler. Flowers: white, stamens red above, white below. Pod dehiscent.
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Flowering time:Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution: From Ivory Coast and (Southern?) Sudan to Tanzania and NE Zambia.
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Literature:

Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 20.

Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Page 116.

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Albizia coriaria
Flora of Zambia: Albizia coriaria

External websites:

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


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Albizia coriaria.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=184660, retrieved 19 March 2024

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