Albizia harveyi is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae, it is distributed in eastern and southern Africa and quite similar in appearance to Albizia amara.[1]
| Albizia harveyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Albizia |
| Species: | A. harveyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Albizia harveyi E.Fourn.
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Description
editThe tree grows as a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, when growing as a tree, it is capable of reaching 15 m tall. It has a greyish to brown bark and stem that are covered in short velvety hairs.[2] Leaves are bipinnately compound, with each leaf having up to 18 pairs of pinnae and each pinnae with up to 24 leaflets. Leaflets are oblong in shape, 6 mm long and up to 1.5 mm wide, with an acute to sickle shaped apex.[2] Flowers are creamy white in color while its fruit is an oblong bownish pod that is many seeded.
Distribution
editNative to eastern and southern Africa, it occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya southwards to Northern South Africa.[3] Found in woodlands.[4]
Phytochemistry
editResearch on the leaf extracts of Albizia harveyi indicated the presence of a flavanoid group of polyphenolic compounds that includes, myricetin and quercetin.
Uses
editThe wood is used in building poles and for firewood.[3]
References
edit- ^ Sobeh, Mansour; Mahmoud, Mona F.; Abdelfattah, Mohamed A. O.; El-Beshbishy, Hesham A.; El-Shazly, Assem M.; Wink, Michael (2017). "Albizia harveyi: phytochemical profiling, antioxidant, antidiabetic and hepatoprotective activities of the bark extract". Medicinal Chemistry Research. 26 (12): 3091–3105. doi:10.1007/s00044-017-2005-8. ISSN 1054-2523.
- ^ a b Coates Palgrave, Keith; Drummond, Robert B.; Moll, Eugene John; Coates Palgrave, Meg (2002). Trees of Southern Africa (3rd ed.). Cape Town: Struik publ. ISBN 978-1-86872-389-8.
- ^ a b Louppe, Dominique, ed. (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa. 7,1: Timbers: 1 / ed.: D. Louppe; A. A. Oteng-Amoako. General ed.: R. H. M. J. Lemmens. Weikersheim: Margraf. p. 59. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4.
- ^ "Albizia harveyi - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
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