Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Common names
A. pallida Harv. in F.C. 2 : 284 (1862) nom. illegit., non A. pallida Fourn. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV, 14 : 375 (1860). Type as for A. harveyi. A. hypoleuca Oliv. in F.T.A. 2 : 356 (1871); Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 : 567 (1875). Type as for A. harveyi.
Use
3. Albizia harveyi Fourn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 12 : 399 (1865); Bak.f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 865 (1930); Burtt Davy, Fl. Transv. 2 : 348 (1932); Steedman, Trees etc. S. Rhod. 16 (1933); Brenan, Checklist Tang. Terr. 341 (1949); in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gdn. 8 : 430 (1954); Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol Mocamb. 4 : 46 (1949); Codd, Trees & Shrubs Kruger Nat. Park 56, figs. 49-51 (1951); Gilbert & Boutique in F.C.B. 3 : 173 (1952); O. B. Miller in J.S. Afr. Bot. 18 : 27 (1952); Codd in Bothalia 7 : 71 (1958); Brenan in F.T.E.A. Legum.-Mimos. : 149, fig. 20 (1959); F. White, For. Fl. N. Rhod. 89, fig. 16G (1962); Von Breitenbach, Indig. Trees S. Afr. 2 : 256 (1965); Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Mogamb. 1 : 235, t.39 (1966); Compton in J.S. Afr. Bot. Suppl. 6 : 45 (1966); Schreiber in F.S.W.A. 58 : 14 (1967); Brenan in F.Z. 3, 1 : 122, t.22 (1970); Van Wyk, Trees Kruger Nat. Park 1:118 (1972); Palmer & Pitman, Trees S. Afr. 2:713 (1973). Type: Botswana, near Lake Ngami, McCabe (K, holo.!).
Range
Widespread in eastern and southern tropical Africa from southern Kenya in the north to South West Africa, Botswana, the Transvaal and Swaziland. Occurs in woodland and dry bushveld, sometimes near rivers.