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Albizia glaberrima (Schum. & Thonn.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia glaberrima (Schum. & Thonn.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia comorensis Baill. {Synonym}
    Albizia eggelingii Baker f. {Synonym}
    Albizia glabrescens Oliv. {Synonym}
    Albizia purpurea E.Fourn. {Synonym}
    Albizia warneckei Harms {Synonym}
    Mimosa glaberrima Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Pithecellobium glaberrimum (Schum. & Thonn.)Aubrev. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Tainakanga [3402]; White Nongo [43]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [1]; Cameroon (N) [1]; Ghana (N) [1]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [5]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Malawi (N) [1]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Sudan (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Togo (N) [11]; Zaire (N) [1]; Zambia (N) [1]; Zimbabwe (N) [1]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (U) [3070]; Madagascar (N) [3071, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [11];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [1];
    Somalia-Masai forest [33];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [1];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [11];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 6, 3070, 3402] ; Illustration [6]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Wood [43]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

5.

  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Mimosaceae

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

43.

  Hamilton, A., 1981
    A field guide to Uganda Trees

3070.

  Capuron, R., 1971
    Adansonia ser.2.11:357-382 Contr.l'etude de la flore de Mad.

3071.

  Fournier, E., 1860
    Ann.Sc.Nat.Ser.IV xiv:378 Note sur le genre Albizzia

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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