| Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 137, 12 (1909) |
| Information on the genus : Albizia |
| Basionym : Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight var. adianthifolia |
| Mimosa adianthifolia Schumach. (1827) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Albizia fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. |
| =Zygia fastigiata E. Mey. |
| =Inga fastigiata (E. Mey.) Oliv. |
| =*Albizia sassa (Willd.) J. F. Macbr. sensu Baker f., p.p. excl. syn. Sassa et Mimosa sassa |
| =Albizia sassa var. chirindensis (Swynn. ex Baker f.) Baker f. |
| =Albizia fastigiata var. chirindensis Swynn. ex Baker f. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Albizia adianthifolia (Schumach.) W. Wight var. adianthifolia |
| Albizia adianthifolia var. intermedia (De Wild. & T. Durand) Villiers |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree (2,5-)4-40 m; trunk to 1m Ø, slightly buttressed, to 7-12-15 m long in forest; crown flattened; young branchlets densely, rather coarsely and persistently rusty- to fulvous-pubescent; branches dichotomous, fastigiate. |
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| Ecology : |
Wide range of habitats (ecotypes may be recognizable). Edge of evergreen forest; rain-forest; deciduous woodland; wooded grassland; mainly in regrowth forest; humid land; fallow places; sometimes abundant; near sea-level-1680 m alt. |
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Variable plant. |
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S. Africa. |
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Comprises 2 vars. - Var. intermedia (De Wild. & T. Durand) Villiers (syn.: A. oliveri Pellegr.; A. welwitschii Oliv. quoad specim. Mann. |
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Has been confused with A. gummifera. Interbreeding may occur with the latter and with A. intermedia. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Tree; Humid, Subhumid; Grassland, Wooded Grassland, Woodland, Forest, Anthropic; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°176747 |
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