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Albizia fastigiata

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Type of Zygia fastigiata E.Mey. [family FABACEAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Type of Albizia fastigiata Swynn. ex Baker,f. species chirindensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Type of Zygia fastigiata E.Mey. [family FABACEAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F. Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Type of Albizia fastigiata Swynn. ex Baker,f. species chirindensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F. Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Syntype of Zygia fastigiata E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Type of Albizia fastigiata Swynn. ex Baker,f. var. chirindensis [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F. Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Isotype of Albizia fastigiata (E.Mey.) Oliv. var. chirindensis Swynn. ex Baker f. [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Albizia fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. variety glabra Vatke [family MIMOSACEAE]
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.F.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Type of Zygia fastigiata E.Mey. [family FABACEAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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Identification
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Brenan,J.P.M., Albizia fastigiata Swynn. ex Baker,f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Zygia fastigiata
  • Albizia sassa
  • Albizia fastigiata
  • Albizia adianthifolia
  • Albizia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for ALBIZIA adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. F Wight. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1959) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
ALBIZIA adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. F Wight. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl. Industry, Bull. 137: 12 (1909); I.T.U., ed. 2: 217 (1952); Gilb. & Bout. in F.C.B. 3: 178 (1952); Brenan in K.B. 1952: 520 (1953); Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 295 (1956); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 502, fig. 160 (1958). Type:? Ghana, Bligusso, Thonning (C, holo.!, K, photo!)
Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 322 (1827)
Zygia fastigiata E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Comm. Pl. Afr.: 165 (1836). Types: South Africa, between Rivers Umkomaas and Umzinkulu, Drège (B, holo. †), & Port Natal [Durban], Drège (B, holo. †, K, iso.!)
Albizia fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 361 (1871)
Albizia sassa [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], [sensu L.T.A.: 868–9 (1930), pro parte, excl. syn. Sassa et Mimosa sassa, non (Willd.) Chiov.]
Albizia gummifera [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], [sensu C. A. Sm. in K.B. 1930: 218–9 (1930), pro parte; T.T.C.L.: 339–40 (1949), pro parte, quoad “Species B” tantum; U.O.P.Z.: 113 (1949); non (J. F. Gmel.) C. A. Sm.]
Information
Tree 4–30 m. high; crown flattened; bark grey to yellowish-brown and rough (rarely smooth in our area). Young branchlets densely, rather coarsely and persistently rusty- to fulvous-pubescent. Leaves: pinnae 5–8 pairs (rarely only 3 on occasional reduced leaves), each pinna more or less narrowing upwards; leaflets of 2 distal pairs of pinnae 9–17 pairs, obliquely rhombic-quadrate or -oblong, mostly about 7–17(–20) mm. long and 4–9(–11) mm. wide; proximal margin at base usually more or less rounded into the pulvinus but not auriculate; apex of leaflet usually obtuse and mucronate, sometimes subacute, surface of leaflet thinly pubescent above, rather plentifully pubescent all over beneath, raised venation beneath close. Stipules and bracts at base of peduncles ovate, about 5–12 mm. long and 3–6(–8) mm. wide. Peduncles clothed as the young branchlets; bracteoles variably persistent, linear-spathulate to oblanceolate, 5–8 mm. long, exceeding the flower-buds. Flowers subsessile; pedicels pubescent, 0.5–1 mm. long. Calyx 2.5–4 (rarely only 2) mm. long, pubescent outside. Corolla 6–11 mm. long, pubescent outside, white or greenish-white. Staminal tube exserted about 1.3–2 cm. beyond corolla, red to wholly greenish or pink. Pod oblong, flat or slightly transversely plicate, 9–19 cm. long, 1.9–3.2 (–? 4) cm. wide, more or less densely and persistently pubescent, not glossy, prominently venose, usually pale brown. Seeds 7–9.5 mm. long, 6.5–8.5 mm. wide, flattened. Figs. 21/6–9, p. 159, & 22/2, p. 163.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K7; T1–4, 6–8; Z; P widespread in tropical and extending to South Africa, from Gambia and Kenya southwards to Angola and Pondoland
Altitude range
30–1680 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mombasa, Jan. 1876, Hildebrandt 1936!;KENYA Kwale District Shimba, Gardner 1443! & Kwale, R. M. Graham 312!TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Geita, 6 June 1937, Burtt 6583!;TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Amani, 28 Mar. 1933, Greenway 3376!;TANGANYIKA Newala District Mahuta, 12 Dec. 1942, Gillman 1050!UGANDA Ankole District Igara, Kasambia, 27 May 1929, Snowden 1364! & between Nsongezi and Ruborogoto, Oct. 1932, Eggeling 679 in F.H. 1053!;UGANDA Masaka District Koki and Ankole, 1905, Dawe 395!ZANZIBAR Pemba, Makongwe Is., 16 Dec. 1930, Greenway 2733!
Notes
Further details of the synonymy will be found in K.B. 1952: 520–1 (1953). A. adianthifolia has a wide range of habitat, and ecotypes may be recognizable. It is not, however, a particularly variable plant. The colour of the staminal tube varies (see the description), and also the surface of the bark. For on the occurrence of rough and smooth barked trees in Tanganyika and elsewhere see K.B. 1952: 527–8 (1953). Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8970B! from Tanganyika, Songea District, Matengo Hills, about 1.5 km. E. of Ndengo, 4 Mar. 1956, has auriculate leaflets (although not so markedly so as in A. gummifera) , and short sparse indumentum over both upper and lower surfaces of the leaflets. It was growing with typical A. gummifera, and is probably a hybrid between that species and A. adianthifolia. The specimen is unfortunately sterile, and it would therefore be preferable to await more complete material before claiming this hybrid with certainty for our area. See also last paragraph of under A. gummifera (p. 158).

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