''Albizia ferruginea'' (locally known as musase) is a species of
plant in the family
. It is found in
Angola,
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Gabon,
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
,
Ghana,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
,
Guinea-Bissau,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Togo, and
Uganda. It is threatened by
deforestation
Description
A medium to large sized tree that can grow up to 45 m high and reach a diameter of up to 120 cm.
The trunk is straight while bark is thick, rough and scaly and yellowish brown in color while the slash is pale to orange brown in color; stems are densely covered in woolly hairs.
Leaves are
bipinnately compound and alternate, 4 - 6 pairs of pairs of pinnae and each pinnae having up to 6 - 13 pairs of leaflets.
Leaflets, opposite, up to 2.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, they are narrowly oblong in shape, base is truncate while apex is rounded to obtuse.
The inflorescence is axillary with the white and green
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
filaments crowded at the end a
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
that can be up to 7 cm long; the flowers have a capitate shape and are subsessile. Fruit is a light yellowish brown pod, up to 20 cm long and 5 cm wide.
Distribution and habitat
Occurs in West and Central Africa, from Senegal eastwards to Uganda and southwards to Angola.
Uses
''Albizia ferrugine''a is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental and
shade tree.
Wood is used in carpentry work and also in construction.
References
External links
ferruginea
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Trees of Africa
Afrotropical realm flora
Vulnerable flora of Africa
Taxa named by George Bentham
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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