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Albizia zygia
Albizia zygia is a fast-growing medium-sized tree from West and Central Africa, grown mainly for shade and timber in forest and farm settings. It is a large tree rather than a garden plant, so it suits open tropical sites with space.
Albizia zygia is a fast growing medium-sized tree species within the Fabaceae family that is commonly found in West and Central Africa.
The species is commonly found largely in secondary high forest and semi-deciduous forest zones but it also occurs in primary forest and savannahs of West and Central Africa.
The plant is used as a shade tree by cocoa farmers. Leaves are boiled, dried and used to prepare vegetable soup.
West African albizzia · Belmont Siris · Albizia chevalieri · Albizia coriaria · Silktree · Woman's tongue · Tall albizia · Dicotyledons · Pseudalbizzia niopoides
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albizia zygia 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.
