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ALBIZZIA Durazz.
Trees or shrubs without prickles or spines (except in our area for a very small prickle beneath the node in A. harveyi and some branchlets which may be sharp and spiny at the ends in A. anthelmintica). Leaves 2-pinnate; petiole with a single gland; rhachis eglandular; pinnae opposite or subopposite. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of axillary and solitary or fascicled, pedunculate, ± hemispheric "powder-puff" heads (in our area). Flowers bisexual or occasionally male; 1-2 modified central flowers in each head different in form to the others (readily seen here is this image of Albizia adianthifolia). Calyx with 5 teeth or lobes. Corolla gamopetalous with usually 5 lobes. Stamens numerous (19-50) and prominent, with filaments united in a staminal tube. Pod oblong, straight, flat. Seeds usually flat. Derivation of name: Named after Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist. Worldwide: 118 species in warm Asia, Africa and America. Mozambique: 20 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight var. adianthifolia | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
adianthifolia × gummifera | N,MS | |
amara (Roxb.) Boivin subsp. amara | N,MS | |
amara (Roxb.) Boivin subsp. sericocephala (Benth.) Brenan | Description, Image | |
anthelmintica (A. Rich.) Brongn. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
antunesiana Harms | T,MS | Description, Image |
brevifolia Schinz | T,MS | Description, Image |
forbesii Benth. | N,Z,MS,GI,M | |
glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. var. glabrescens (Oliv.) Brenan | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
harveyi E. Fourn. | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
isenbergiana (A.Rich.) Fourn. | N | Description, Image |
lebbeck (L.) Benth. | Description, Image | |
petersiana (Bolle) Oliv. subsp. evansii (Burtt Davy) Brenan | ||
petersiana (Bolle) Oliv. subsp. petersiana | N | Image |
schimperiana Oliv. var. schimperiana | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
schimperiana Oliv. var. amaniensis (Baker f.) Brenan | MS | |
tanganyicensis Baker f. | N,T | Description, Image |
versicolor Welw. ex Oliv. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
zimmermannii Harms | Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
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