Albizia harveyi
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| Albizia harveyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Albizia |
| Species: | A. harveyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Albizia harveyi E.Fourn. | |
Albizia harveyi is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is distributed in eastern and southern Africa and quite similar in appearance to Albizia amara.[1]
The tree grows as a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, when growing as a tree, it is capable of reaching 15 m tall. It has a greyish to brown bark and stem that are covered in short velvety hairs.[2] Leaves are bipinnately compound, with each leaf having up to 18 pairs of pinnae and each pinnae with up to 24 leaflets. Leaflets are oblong in shape, 6 mm long and up to 1.5 mm wide, with an acute to sickle shaped apex.[2] Flowers are creamy white in color while its fruit is an oblong bownish pod that is many seeded.
