Fabaceae FAMILY

Albizia antunesiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

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Botanical Description

Albizia antunesiana is a deciduous tree with a flattened, umbrella-shaped crown; usually growing up to 18 metres tall, but occasionally up to 25 metres. The bole is usually short and branchless for up to 5 metres but sometimes up to 12 metres; it can be straight or twisted, and is up to 75cm 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 mainly local use as a source of medicines, food, wood and tannins.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Rwanda, Tanzania, Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern S. Africa.

HabitatDeciduous woodland and wooded grassland, usually at elevations from 900 - 1,700 metres but sometimes descending to 250 metres[ 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. ].