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Albizia grandibracteata Taub.

HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia grandibracteata Taub. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Red Nongo [43]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [1]; Rwanda (N) [38]; Sudan (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [1]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [33];
    Somalia-Masai forest [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1] ; Illustration [1, 9, 24]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

USES:
	Wood [43]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

9.		Eggeling, W.J. & Dale, I.R., 1952
		The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

24.		Thulin, M., 1983
		Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

33.		White, F., 1983
		The Vegetation of Africa

38.		Troupin, G., 1982
		Flore des plantes ligneuses du Rwanda.

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