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Albizia lebbeck [family FABACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Albizia lebbeck [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Mimosa lebbeck L., Sp. PI. ed.l : 516 (1753). Type as above. Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd., Sp. Pi. 4 : 1066 (1806); DC, Prodr. 2 : 466 (1825). Type as above.
Information
Tree to 15 m high with a rounded crown. Bark grey to light brown, rough; young branchlets glabrous or pubescent. Leaves subglabrous, puberulous or pubescent: petiole 4-8 cm long, usually with a raised gland a short distance above the pulvinus; rhachis (0)1,3-8(20) cm long, usually with a gland just below the junction of the top pinna pair; pinnae (1)2-4(5) pairs; rhachillae 4-11(16) cm long, often with a small gland below the junction of each leaflet pair; leaflets 3-9(11) pairs, 15-45 X (6)8-24 mm, obliquely oblong or elliptic-oblong (terminal leaflets ± obovate), somewhat asymmetric with the midrib nearer the upper margin, rounded or somewhat emarginate apically, glabrous or rarely thinly pubescent above, glabrous to pubescent beneath. Inflorescences globose; peduncles 4-8 cm long, sparingly puberulous to pubescent. Flowers whitish, on pedicels 1,5-4,5 mm long; bracteoles 2-3 mm long, rapidly deciduous. Calyx (2,5)3,5-5 mm long, grey- to fulvous-pubescent. Corolla 5,5-9 mm long, glabrous exce
Habitat
The stiff straw-coloured or light brown pods with prominent bumps over the seeds are very characteÂristic. When agitated by wind the mature pods, and the seeds inside, are said to produce an incessant rattle that, according to Brenan in F.Z. I.e. : 118, has been likened to women's chatter and the sound offish being fried.
Use
12. Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. in Hook., Lond. J. Bot. 3 : 87 (1844); in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 : 562 (1875); Sim, For. Fl. P.E. Afr. 60 (1909); Bak.f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 862 (1930); Brenan, Checklist Tang. Terr. 342 (1949); Gilbert & Boutique in F.C.B. 3 : 187 (1952); Torre in C.F.A. 2 : 292 (1956); Codd in Bothalia 7 : 81 (1958); Brenan in F.T.E.A. Legum.-Mimos. : 147 (1959); F. White, For. Fl. N. Rhod. 90 (1962); Brenan in F.Z. 3, 1 : 118 (1970); Ross, Fl. Natal 192 (1973). Type: Egypt, Herb. Linnaeus 1228.16 (LINN!).
Range
Pantropical, probably a native of tropical Asia and nowhere indigenous in Africa. Introduced into our area and now naturalized along parts of the north coast of Natal.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Albizia lebbeck [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Mimosa lebbeck L., Sp. PI. ed.l : 516 (1753). Type as above. Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd., Sp. Pi. 4 : 1066 (1806); DC, Prodr. 2 : 466 (1825). Type as above.
Information
Tree to 15 m high with a rounded crown. Bark grey to light brown, rough; young branchlets glabrous or pubescent. Leaves subglabrous, puberulous or pubescent: petiole 4-8 cm long, usually with a raised gland a short distance above the pulvinus; rhachis (0)1,3-8(20) cm long, usually with a gland just below the junction of the top pinna pair; pinnae (1)2-4(5) pairs; rhachillae 4-11(16) cm long, often with a small gland below the junction of each leaflet pair; leaflets 3-9(11) pairs, 15-45 X (6)8-24 mm, obliquely oblong or elliptic-oblong (terminal leaflets ± obovate), somewhat asymmetric with the midrib nearer the upper margin, rounded or somewhat emarginate apically, glabrous or rarely thinly pubescent above, glabrous to pubescent beneath. Inflorescences globose; peduncles 4-8 cm long, sparingly puberulous to pubescent. Flowers whitish, on pedicels 1,5-4,5 mm long; bracteoles 2-3 mm long, rapidly deciduous. Calyx (2,5)3,5-5 mm long, grey- to fulvous-pubescent. Corolla 5,5-9 mm long, glabrous exce
Habitat
The stiff straw-coloured or light brown pods with prominent bumps over the seeds are very characteÂristic. When agitated by wind the mature pods, and the seeds inside, are said to produce an incessant rattle that, according to Brenan in F.Z. I.e. : 118, has been likened to women's chatter and the sound offish being fried.
Use
12. Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. in Hook., Lond. J. Bot. 3 : 87 (1844); in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 : 562 (1875); Sim, For. Fl. P.E. Afr. 60 (1909); Bak.f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 862 (1930); Brenan, Checklist Tang. Terr. 342 (1949); Gilbert & Boutique in F.C.B. 3 : 187 (1952); Torre in C.F.A. 2 : 292 (1956); Codd in Bothalia 7 : 81 (1958); Brenan in F.T.E.A. Legum.-Mimos. : 147 (1959); F. White, For. Fl. N. Rhod. 90 (1962); Brenan in F.Z. 3, 1 : 118 (1970); Ross, Fl. Natal 192 (1973). Type: Egypt, Herb. Linnaeus 1228.16 (LINN!).
Range
Pantropical, probably a native of tropical Asia and nowhere indigenous in Africa. Introduced into our area and now naturalized along parts of the north coast of Natal.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Albizia lebbeck [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Mimosa lebbeck L., Sp. PI. ed.l : 516 (1753). Type as above. Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd., Sp. Pi. 4 : 1066 (1806); DC, Prodr. 2 : 466 (1825). Type as above.
Information
Tree to 15 m high with a rounded crown. Bark grey to light brown, rough; young branchlets glabrous or pubescent. Leaves subglabrous, puberulous or pubescent: petiole 4-8 cm long, usually with a raised gland a short distance above the pulvinus; rhachis (0)1,3-8(20) cm long, usually with a gland just below the junction of the top pinna pair; pinnae (1)2-4(5) pairs; rhachillae 4-11(16) cm long, often with a small gland below the junction of each leaflet pair; leaflets 3-9(11) pairs, 15-45 X (6)8-24 mm, obliquely oblong or elliptic-oblong (terminal leaflets ± obovate), somewhat asymmetric with the midrib nearer the upper margin, rounded or somewhat emarginate apically, glabrous or rarely thinly pubescent above, glabrous to pubescent beneath. Inflorescences globose; peduncles 4-8 cm long, sparingly puberulous to pubescent. Flowers whitish, on pedicels 1,5-4,5 mm long; bracteoles 2-3 mm long, rapidly deciduous. Calyx (2,5)3,5-5 mm long, grey- to fulvous-pubescent. Corolla 5,5-9 mm long, glabrous exce
Habitat
The stiff straw-coloured or light brown pods with prominent bumps over the seeds are very characteÂristic. When agitated by wind the mature pods, and the seeds inside, are said to produce an incessant rattle that, according to Brenan in F.Z. I.e. : 118, has been likened to women's chatter and the sound offish being fried.
Use
12. Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. in Hook., Lond. J. Bot. 3 : 87 (1844); in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30 : 562 (1875); Sim, For. Fl. P.E. Afr. 60 (1909); Bak.f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 862 (1930); Brenan, Checklist Tang. Terr. 342 (1949); Gilbert & Boutique in F.C.B. 3 : 187 (1952); Torre in C.F.A. 2 : 292 (1956); Codd in Bothalia 7 : 81 (1958); Brenan in F.T.E.A. Legum.-Mimos. : 147 (1959); F. White, For. Fl. N. Rhod. 90 (1962); Brenan in F.Z. 3, 1 : 118 (1970); Ross, Fl. Natal 192 (1973). Type: Egypt, Herb. Linnaeus 1228.16 (LINN!).
Range
Pantropical, probably a native of tropical Asia and nowhere indigenous in Africa. Introduced into our area and now naturalized along parts of the north coast of Natal.
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