Albizia versicolor Oliv.
HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae
GENUS: Albizia Durazz.
Albizia versicolor Oliv. [Preferred name]
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
- Africa
-
Angola (N) [1];
Botswana (N) [6];
Kenya (N) [1];
Malawi (N) [6];
Mozambique (N) [6];
Namibia (N) [40];
Rwanda (N) [7];
South Africa (N) [1, 1915];
Tanzania (N) [1];
Uganda (N) [1];
Zaire (N) [6];
Zambia (N) [6];
Zimbabwe (N) [6]
- Indian Ocean
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Mauritius (I) [1915]
HABITATS:
Africa
Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; transition woodland. [33];
Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
Zambezian woodland [1];
LITERATURE POINTERS:
Description [1]
; Illustration [7, 28, 58, 410]
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, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)
USES:
Medicine [19];
Wood [19]
NOTES:
Cultivated in the botanic garden on Mauritius. [1915]
Native to Tropical, East and South Africa. [1915]
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