Fabaceae
Albizia

Albizia grandibracteata Taub.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 193 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to N. Tanzania. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144306883/148991354

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Tree, 6–30 m. high, deciduous; crown rounded or flat; bark smooth, or pock-marked at base, lenticels frequently coalescing in vertical columns; heartwood pinkish with red streaks.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets at first with short dense spreading pubescence brownish when dry, slowly glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:pinnae (Fig. 22/4, opposite) (1–)2–3 pairs, each pinna broadening towards apex; leaflets of 2 distal pairs of pinnae 3–6 pairs, obliquely rhombic to obovate, with the distal pair largest, 29–72(–100) mm. long, 16–32 mm. (–42) mm. wide; lower pairs smaller, down to about 12 × 8 mm.; apex acute or sometimes subacute; base not or scarcely auricled on proximal side; surface beneath ± pubescent between midrib and margins.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules and bracts at base of peduncles ± caducous, broad, suborbicular to reniform, 7–18 mm. long, 8–20 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncles clothed as branchlets; bracteoles ± persistent, oblanceolate or the lower obovate, 3.5–7 mm. long, 0.25–4 mm. wide, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers subsessile; pedicels puberulous, 0.25–0.75 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–5 mm. long, or minutely pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla about 7–10 mm. long, densely and minutely pubescent outside, pink to white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Staminal tube pink or red, exserted about 1.2–2 cm. beyond corolla.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod oblong, transversely plicate, 7–15 cm. long, 1.5–3 cm. wide, very finely and minutely pubescent (use × 20 lens) especially near base, eglandular, venose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds about 8–11 mm. long and 6.5–8 mm. wide, flattened.
Habitat
Lowland and upland rain-forest, riverine forest; the most ubiquitous first-stage colonizer in the Mabira Forest, Uganda; recorded from grassland in Uganda, Ankole District, Igora, 1650 m., and Kenya, Nakuru District, Rongai, 1830 m., where it is possibly relict; 1160–2130 m.
Distribution
K3 K5 T1 U1 U2 U3 U4
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest., Somalia-Masai forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Red Nongo
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Wood
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0