Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily. Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (1): 1-152.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Tree with pale bark. Leaves glabrate in appearance; petiole with a proximal, elliptic gland, 2-5 mm; pinnae 4-5 pairs; leaflets 6-7(-9) pairs, elliptic to ovate, slightly asymmetric, pinnate-nerved, 2-3.5(-4) cm long, 1-1.8(-2) cm wide, shiny above, lighter below, strigose with minute hairs to glabrate. Flowers in greenish-yellow to ochroleucous heads ca 15 mm diam in axillary, fasciculate racemes or mostly congested in terminal, compound racemes. Legume substipitate, oblong, flat, 10-16 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide; valves thin-coriaceous, purple-reddish before maturity.

  • Discussion

    I take this species up on basis of treatment by Barrett (1956) among “common exotic trees of South Florida,” and observations by George Avery (Fairchild Gardens) and T. R. Dudley (National Arboretum) in correspondence, who indicate its occasional occurrence in the Miami area. To date I have seen U.S. material only from the plant introduction garden at Coconut Grove.

  • Distribution

    S Florida. Cultivated ornamental. White Siris. Native of warm Asia to Australia.

    Asia| Australia Oceania|