Fabaceae
Albizia

Albizia euryphylla Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 151 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Shrub about 3 m. high, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:pinnae 1–3 pairs; leaflets 1–3 pairs, obliquely suborbicular to broadly obovate or rhombic, 15–25 mm. long and as wide or somewhat narrower [in Busse 258 20–35 mm. long, about 18–35 mm. wide], rounded-obtuse or slightly emarginate at apex, glabrous, somewhat glaucous beneath.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, on pedicels 2–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1–2 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla glabrous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Staminal tube long-exserted.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod [described from Busse 258] more or less oblong and somewhat transversely plicate, 10–14 cm. long, 2.5–2.9 cm. wide, glabrous, eglandular, venose, brownish-purple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 8.5–11.5 mm. long, 8–10 mm. wide, flattened.
Habitat
“Bush-steppe”
Distribution
T5 not known elsewhere
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0