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Albizia versicolor Oliver

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Albizia Durazz.

Albizia versicolor Oliver [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [1]; Botswana (N) [6]; Kenya (N) [1]
    Malawi (N) [6]; Mozambique (N) [6]; Namibia-ISO (N) [40]
    Rwanda (N) [7]; South Africa (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]
    Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [6]; Zambia (N) [6]
    Zimbabwe (N) [6]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; transition woodland. [33]
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33]
    Zambezian woodland [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,19]; Medicine [1785,19,19]

  
NOTES:
  Unripe pods & seeds toxic to stock (Rhod.Agric.J.63,6:137-140 (1966))
  Many vernacular names in East Africa. See Ref. 52.


DATA SOURCES:

1.

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

6.

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

7.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae.

19.

   Ross,J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

33.

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

40.

   Schreiber,A., 1967
    58.Mimosaceae.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.
    58.Mimosaceae.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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