African Plant Database - Albizia amara (Roxb.) Boivin

Basionyme : Mimosa amara Roxb.

Statut
TAaccepté, NF (présent)

Ecologie et Distribution :
Afrique Tropicale
Biologie :
Tree, rarely shrubby, 1,5-12(?15)m, deciduous; crown rounded or flat; young branchlets with rather short dense spreading grey to golden pubescence. see more in the book
Ecologie :
Acacia-Commiphora scrub; wooded grassland; often on or near rocks; woodland with Sclerocarya etc.; open woodland with Acacia seyal, Lannea humilis etc. on sandy soil; wooded Hyparrihenia grassland with Acacia seyal, Harrisonia abyssinica, etc... Bostwana, S. Africa; subsp. amara also in India and Sri Lanka. Comprises 2 subsp.: -amara; subsp. sericocephala (Benth.) Brenan (syn.: A. struthiophylla Milne-Redh.).

Bibliographie1
Flore ill. Tchad 445 (2019)

Synonyme(s) Homotypique(s)2
Albizia amara (Roxb.) Boivin subsp. amara
Mimosa amara Roxb.

Synonyme(s) Hétérotypique(s)1
=Albizia gracilifolia Harms (1922)

Taxons Infra-spécifiques2
Albizia amara subsp. sericocephala (Benth.) Brenan
Albizia amara (Roxb.) Boivin subsp. amara

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