Albizia procera

Trees 4–15(–25) m. Stems to 8.5 cm diam., glabrous, bark greenish, smooth, thin, with scattered, orange lenticels. Leaves 9–35 cm; stipules 2 mm; petiole to 6 cm, glabrescent; gland ± proximal, elliptic, length 3 times width; pinnae (1–)3–6 pairs, 10–21 cm, with gland between 1 or 2 distal pairs; leaflets 6–9 pairs, blades bicolored, inequilaterally oval or oblong, 2–5 cm, venation palmate, midvein submarginal, base acute, apex rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous, adaxially darker; terminal pair not heteromorphic. Peduncles 1–2 cm, densely strigillose; bracts caducous, proximal, linear lanceolate, 1.3 mm, densely strigillose. Inflorescences 20–25-flowered, axillary, capitula; axis densely strigillose. Pedicels to 1 mm. Flowers: calyx campanulate, 2 mm, lobes 5 or 6, densely strigillose; corolla infundibuliform, 5.3 mm, lobes 5, strigillose; stamens 45, 15 mm, tube 2 mm; terminal or central flower calyx 2.5 mm, lobes 5, glabrous; corolla to 7 mm, lobes 5, densely strigillose; stamens 70, 28 mm, staminal tube to 6 mm. Legumes reddish brown, 13–16 × 1.5–3 cm, base acute, apex rounded to a beak to 1 cm, valves membranous, glabrescent, smooth with faint reticulations. Seeds 4–8(–12), 6.5–8.5 × 4–6.5 mm. 2n = 26.

Phenology: Flowering fall; fruiting winter.
Habitat: Roadsides, thickets.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Introduced; Fla., se Asia, Australia, introduced also in West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles), Central America (Panama), South America (Brazil, Venezuela), Africa.

Discussion

Albizia procera is cultivated in southern Florida and is found outside cultivation in Miami-Dade County. In its native range, wood from the species is used for furniture and general construction.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa