Albizia amara (Roxb.) Boivin
subsp. sericocephala (Benth.) Brenan

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Nr Odzani R. bridge

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Matabeleland, Old Gwanda Rd, opp Chesa Forest Research Station

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along secondary dirt road below Mt Buchwa

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Synonyms:	Albizia sericocephala Benth.
Common names:	Bitter albizia (English)
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Description:	Usually a small to medium-sized unarmed tree, sometimes shrubby. Leaves compound with 15-35 pairs of pinnae, each with many minute leaflets. Flowers in "shaving-brush" heads, white or pale yellow. Pods linear-oblong, purplish when young with a distinct green margin, turning dark brown with age.
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Derivation of specific name:	amara: bitter; sericocephala: with silky heads
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Flowering time:	Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	From Sudan and Eritrea southwards to Botswana and South Africa
Malawi distribution:
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 124 - 125. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 223. (Includes a picture). *Coates Palgrave, K. et al.* (1956).** Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 258 - 260. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 49. as Albizia amara 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. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 42 - 43. (Includes a picture). 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 61. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 93.

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