Entry for ALBIZIA amara (Roxb.) Boiv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Notes
Maraa, tugaar (Som.). All Somali material seen belongs to subsp. amara. This has 4–12(–16) pairs of pinnae, and 10–29 pairs of leaflets that are 3–7.5 x 0.75–1.5(–2) mm with lateral nerves often slightly raised beneath. Subsp. sericocephala has comparatively more pairs of pinnae and leaflets, and the leaflets are generally smaller and without raised lateral nerves beneath. It is known nearest from SE Ethiopia. Records of A. harveyi Fourn. from Somalia seem to be based on material of A. amara. True A. harveyi is known from Kenya southwards to Transvaal. It differs, e.g., in its ± falcate leaflets with an acute, asymmetrical apex.