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West African albizzia

Albizia adianthifolia

Also called Flat-crown Albizia, West African Albizia, Flat Crown

West African albizzia
Photo: H Brisse (upload by Abalg), CC BY-SA 3.0

A large deciduous tree with a spreading, flat crown that grows to about 25 m, valued as a garden ornamental. It does best in warm, humid conditions in deep, sandy soil and is easily raised from seed.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and in dry spells; established trees tolerate seasonal drought.
Soil
Well-drained sandy soil
Temperature
Warm tropical to subtropical conditions; frost-tender, protect from frost
How easy
Easy
Native range
Trop. & S. Africa, E. & EC. Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Albizia adianthifolia is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as the flat-crown. Its range extends from eastern South Africa to Tropical Africa.

How to grow it

Albizia adianthifolia is cultivated as an ornamental tree. The attractive habit of these trees makes them a popular garden tree, often being retained as a native plant in suburban gardens when other indigenous vegetation is removed. The trees usually produce abundant seeds which are easily grown in sandy soil.

Other Albizia plants

Belmont Siris · Albizia chevalieri · Albizia coriaria · Silktree · Woman's tongue · Tall albizia · Albizia · Dicotyledons · Pseudalbizzia niopoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albizia adianthifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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