Albizia harveyi
| 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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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]
Description
[edit]The 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
[edit]Native 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
[edit]Research on the leaf extracts of Albizia harveyi indicated the presence of a flavanoid group of polyphenolic compounds that includes, myricetin and quercetin.
Uses
[edit]The 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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