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Albizia harveyi

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Albizia harveyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Albizia
Species:
A. harveyi
Binomial name
Albizia harveyi
E.Fourn.

Albizia harveyi is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Fabaceae, it is distributed in eastern and southern Africa and quite similar in appearance to Albizia amara.[1]

Description

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The tree grows as a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, when growing as a tree, it is capable of reaching 15 m tall. It has a greyish to brown bark and stem that are covered in short velvety hairs.[2] Leaves are bipinnately compound, with each leaf having up to 18 pairs of pinnae and each pinnae with up to 24 leaflets. Leaflets are oblong in shape, 6 mm long and up to 1.5 mm wide, with an acute to sickle shaped apex.[2] Flowers are creamy white in color while its fruit is an oblong bownish pod that is many seeded.

Distribution

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Native to eastern and southern Africa, it occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya southwards to Northern South Africa.[3] Found in woodlands.[4]

Phytochemistry

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Research on the leaf extracts of Albizia harveyi indicated the presence of a flavanoid group of polyphenolic compounds that includes, myricetin and quercetin.

Uses

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The wood is used in building poles and for firewood.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sobeh, Mansour; Mahmoud, Mona F.; Abdelfattah, Mohamed A. O.; El-Beshbishy, Hesham A.; El-Shazly, Assem M.; Wink, Michael (2017). "Albizia harveyi: phytochemical profiling, antioxidant, antidiabetic and hepatoprotective activities of the bark extract". Medicinal Chemistry Research. 26 (12): 3091–3105. doi:10.1007/s00044-017-2005-8. ISSN 1054-2523.
  2. ^ a b Coates Palgrave, Keith; Drummond, Robert B.; Moll, Eugene John; Coates Palgrave, Meg (2002). Trees of Southern Africa (3rd ed.). Cape Town: Struik publ. ISBN 978-1-86872-389-8.
  3. ^ a b Louppe, Dominique, ed. (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa. 7,1: Timbers: 1 / ed.: D. Louppe; A. A. Oteng-Amoako. General ed.: R. H. M. J. Lemmens. Weikersheim: Margraf. p. 59. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4.
  4. ^ "Albizia harveyi - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2024-07-18.