Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ALBIZZIA LebbekBenth. [family ], in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1844, 87.
Acacia LebbekWilld. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Sp. Pl. iv. 1066.
Information
Tree; extremities wholly glabrous or puberulous. Leaf-rachis 3–9 in., with a large sessile gland near the base, with usually one or more interjugal glands; pinnæ usually 2–4-jugate, leaflets 3–9-jugate, elliptic-oblong, or the upper more oblique and obovate-oblong, very obtuse or retuse, subsessile, glabrous, reticulate, 1–2 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad. Peduncles 2–4 in., fascicled from the upper axils or corymbose; flowers glabrate or puberulous, capitate, on pedicels of 1–3 lines. Calyx 1 1/2–2 lines long, with short deltoid teeth. Free extremities of petals ovate-lanceolate. United base of the filaments included. Legume 1/2–1 ft. long, 1–1 3/4 in. broad.
Range
Sent home by collectors from various localities in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Near the coast-line, Dr. Peters.Nile Land Frequently planted; Khartoum, 773, Speke and Grant! No. 764 of Speke and Grant's collection, I cannot distinguish from A. Lebbek.Upper Guinea Said to be indigenous on the Gambia. Specimens from Senegambia and Fernando Po are in the Kew Herbarium.
Notes
For further synonymy see Mr. Bentham's paper cited above.
