Albizia versicolor Oliver

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Albizia Durazz.
Tribe: Ingeae
References: [1]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Medicine [19]
  
• Wood [19]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [1]
  • Botswana [6]
  • Kenya [1]
  • Malawi [6]
  • Mozambique [6]
  • Namibia-ISO [40]
  • Rwanda [7]
  • South Africa [1]
  • Tanzania [1]
  • Uganda [1]
  • Zaire [6]
  • Zambia [6]
  • Zimbabwe [6]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [1915]

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Notes:

• Unripe pods & seeds toxic to stock (Rhod.Agric.J.63,6:137-140 (1966))
  
• Many vernacular names in East Africa. See Ref. 52.
  
• Cultivated in the botanic garden on Mauritius. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:47:42