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Albizia

Durazz. (1772)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Albizia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (bipinnate). Alternate. Blades with nectaries on rachises. Leaflet margins entire. Petioles with nectaries. Stipules present.

Flowers: Flowers in pedunculate heads or corymbs, usually dimorphic within each head, with a central larger flower that is probably functionally staminate, surrounded by smaller perfect flowers, bracteoles absent. Flowers mimosaceous. Calyx (4)5-lobed. Corolla funnelform or campanulate, (4)5(6)-lobed. Stamens more than 15; filaments connate up to ½ their length, exserted. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Pods flat; dehiscent or sometimes indehiscent. Seeds several; brown; flattened; with a distinct horseshoe–shaped pleurogram.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Mag. Tosc. 3(4): 11 (1772)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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