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Cathormion altissimum
altissimum
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Katanga Province, DRC;
Oct 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC;
Oct 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Albizia altissima Hook. f. var. altissima |
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| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, to 35 m. high elsewhere, sometimes with blunt spines on water shoots; leaves with a gland near the base of the petiole; pinnae 5-7 pairs; leaflets 11-22 pairs, except the lowermost leaflet unpaired, stalks densely brown pubescent; inflorescence of round heads of white flowers; pod lobed along one or both margins. |
| Type location: |
Ghana and Nigeria |
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| Derivation of specific name: | altissimum: tallest. |
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| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | In Zambia Lakes Mweru and Tanganyika. Elsewhere from Sierra Leone and South Sudan to Uganda, D.R. Congo and Angola. Also in tropical America. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 136 - 138. as Cathormion altissimum (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 55. as Albizia altissima White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 91. as Cathormion altissimum |
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