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Zygia fastigiata

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Identification
Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W.Wight [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Albizia sassa Macbride [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson, Zygia fastigiata E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Albizia fastigiata E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Zygia fastigiata
  • Albizia fastigiata
  • Albizia sassa
  • Albizia adianthifolia

Flora

Entry for ZYGIA fastigiata E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ZYGIA fastigiata E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Comm. p. 165;—Benth.! l. c. 93.
Information
twigs and petioles rusty-tomentose; pinnæ 5–6-jugate; leaflets 8–15-jugate, obliquely trapezoid-oblong, puberulous, becoming glabrate above, pale and pubescent beneath, the upper ones smaller. A tree 15–20 feet high. Petioles 5–6 inches long, with a large, oblong gland above the base and a small, round gland between the terminal pair. Leaflets 4–5 lines long; 2 1/2 lines wide. Peduncles axillary, and in a terminal corymbose-raceme, 2–3 inches long. Legumes 5 inches long, nearly an inch wide, obtuse, substipitate, flat, glabrous, many seeded.
Range
A native also of Senegambia.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Between Omsamculo and Omcomas and Port Natal, Drege! Krauss. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

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