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Albizia amara
Also called Bitter False Thorn
Albizia amara is a mid-sized deciduous tree in the pea family, grown for shade, wood and erosion control in dry regions. It needs full sun and tolerates drought well, but it is intolerant of shade.
Albizia amara is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Its range includes southern and Eastern Africa, from South Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also found in India and Sri Lanka.
Albizia amara is intolerant of shade, and resistant to drought. In Africa it grows mainly in sandy woodlands.
Medicinal uses
Albizia acle · West African albizzia · Osodendron altissimum · Pseudalbizzia buntingii · Belmont Siris · Albizia carrii · Albizia chevalieri · Chinese albizia · Albizia coriaria · Albizia elegans · Albizia · Lowveld False Thorn
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albizia amara 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.
