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Albizia antunesiana

Scientific Name: Albizia antunesiana

Family: Fabaceae

Category: Dicot

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Albizia antunesiana

Albizia antunesiana, described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1901, is a species belonging to the genus Albizia.

Common Names

  • Persblaar-Valsdoring
  • Purple-Leaved False-Thorn
  • Purpleleaf Falsethorn
  • South African Albizia
  • Purple leaved Albizia (English)
  • musase, msase, mukoso (Bemba)
  • buwa, chigwenembe, chisale, mpepu (other local names)

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Albizia antunesiana Harms
  • Family: Fabaceae (also referenced as Leguminosae and Mimosaceae)
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Rank: Species

Distribution and Habitat

Albizia antunesiana is widespread in southern Africa, occurring from eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania south to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, and South Africa. It is often found in savanna woodland and deciduous woodland, wooded grassland (Brachystegia-Julbernardia and Stereospermum-Markhamia-Dombeya), and mixed woodland with Combretum, especially on rocky outcrops.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Albizia antunesiana is a deciduous tree with a flattened, umbrella-shaped crown.
  • It typically grows up to 18 meters tall, but can occasionally reach 25 meters.
  • The bark is described as grey and rough, or sometimes smooth on young branchlets.
  • Young branchlets are very shortly pubescent.
  • It can be identified with large green-purple leaflets, hence it’s common name of purple leaf.

Ecological Role

  • It grows in Terrestrial, savanna woodland.
  • Lifestyle: Producer. Phanerophyte (tree or large woody shrub).
  • Occurrence: Indigenous. Perrennial, Deciduous.

Considerations for Pets

  • The common names "Persblaar-Valsdoring" and "Purple-Leaved False-Thorn" suggest the presence of thorns.

Uses and Benefits

  • The extracts of the leaves and roots of Albizia antunesiana have been shown to possess in vitro antioxidant activities.
  • In south-central Zimbabwe, it is one of ten plant species used to treat ailments.

Quirky Facts

  • Albizia antunesiana was collected in Angola, Hula, Hula (Cl). On: 1900-09-01.

Further Information

  • Namibia Biodiversity Database
  • Tropicos
  • GRIN Taxonomy
  • Catalogue of Life
  • World Agroforestry Centre
  • B and T World Seeds' database
  • iNaturalist.org
  • Species: Albizia antunesiana. Nameedit. Albizia antunesiana Harms