Fabaceae FAMILY

Albizia retusa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Albizia retusa is a tree. There are two main forms - subspecies retusa grows up to 25 metres tall with a short, often crooked bole that is unbranched for only around 3 metres and can be 70cm in diameter[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. Subspecies morobei grows up to 39 metres tall with a straight bole that can be unbranched for up to 18 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The seeds have been used locally as beads. The wood has potential for use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, southern Japan, to New Guinea, Australia and the western Pacific.

HabitatSsp retusa is found by the coast on sandy beaches, mangrove; lowland rain forest subject to flooding; coral sand. Ssp morobei is found in rain forest, secondary regrowth on alluvial soils at elevations up to 810 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].