Albizia versicolor
Albizia versicolor
Safety & Hazards
The wood dust may cause serious irritation to the nose and throat[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The pods and seeds are poisonous to livestock; young pods are the most toxic, but livestock is more often poisoned as a result of eating fallen pods. Cattle, sheep and goats may develop hypersensitivity, intermittent convulsions and high temperature, and may die from heart failure, but most animals recover without treatment[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The disease is called albiziosis, and is caused by the presence of methylpyridoxine. Treatment of poisoned sheep with pyridoxine hydrochloride resulted in recovery[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].
Botanical Description
Albizia versicolor is a deciduous tree with an open, spreading crown; usually growing from 5 - 18 metres tall, but sometimes smaller when growing in poor soils, or sometimes larger to 20 metres tall. The bole is usually short and free of branches for up to 5 metres, occasionally for up to 12 metres; it is straight and cylindrical, up to 60cm, occasionally to 150cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. A multipurpose tree, providing medicines and materials for the local population. It has a good potential in agroforestry systems and is worthy of cultivation. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental shade tree[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].