Albizia zimmermannii Harms

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Synonyms:	Albizia nyasica Dunkley
Common names:	Crimson long-pod albizia (English)
Description:	Medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark greyish-brown, rough; young branchlets hairy. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 8-17 pairs per pinna, oblong, symmetrical; petiole with a gland just above the base. Flowers in rather small, semi-spherical heads; stamens up to 1.3 cm long, white fading to pink. Pods with conspicuous raised veins, large, up to 32 × 7 cm, crimson, turning brown with age, indehiscent.
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Derivation of specific name:	zimmermannii: after Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann, 1860-1931, botanist in Tanzania.
Flowering time:	Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and northern Zimbabwe.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Image last updated:	Saturday 4 July 2009
Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 126 - 127. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 229. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 215. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 240. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 45.

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