Fabaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Albizia carrii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Albizia carrii is a semideciduous tree with a widely spreading crown and more or less drooping branches. It can grow up to 32 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 50cm in diameter and unbranched for up to 20 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 tree yields a timber. Endemic to Papua New Guinea, so far this species is known only from areas in the Port Moresby region and Motupore Island. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - Papua New Guinea.

HabitatDeciduous and semi-deciduous forest, lowland and monsoon forest, poor lowland rain forest, gallery forest, gully forest in Eucalyptus savannah; mostly on rocky hill slopes above the shore line and in coastal scrub; at elevations up to 220 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 ].