Fabaceae FAMILY

Albizia glaberrima

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Albizia glaberrima is a deciduous tree with a flattened, umbrella-shaped crown; it can grow up to 30 metres tall. The bole can be straight and cylindrical, or can be irregular; it is up to 100cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of medicines and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea Bissau east to Kenya and south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; also in Comoros and western Madagascar.

HabitatMost commonly found in semi-deciduous forest, but sometimes also in logged-over evergreen forest and in evergreen bushland. It is often characteristic of secondary forest[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].