Fabaceae FAMILY

Albizia inundata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Albizia inundata is a deciduous shrub or small tree with a sparse, roundish crown, growing 5 - 8 metres tall. The bole is more or less straight and cylindrical, it can be 30 - 50cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It has potential for use in reforestation projects.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, central, eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatForests by rivers or in alluvial valleys that can be seasonally inundated, often in secondary growth areas[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].