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Albizia ferruginea
Albizia ferruginea (locally known as musase) is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by deforestation.
Occurs in West and Central Africa, from Senegal eastwards to Uganda and southwards to Angola.
Albizia ferruginea is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental and shade tree.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albizia ferruginea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
