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Pseudalbizzia niopoides

1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens Lawn E

Pseudalbizzia niopoides
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pseudalbizzia niopoides is a tropical tree in the pea family, native from southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina and the Caribbean islands. It is a species of tropical forest and dry woodland rather than a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young and during the dry season; tolerates seasonal drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of a range of types.
Temperature
18-32 °C; protect from frost, which it cannot tolerate.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pseudabizzia niopoides is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is a tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to northeastern Argentina, including the Leeward and Windward Islands in the Caribbean.

The tree is widely distributed across a large range, and has a large population. It is not threatened, and its conservation status is assessed as least concern.

Other Albizia plants

West African albizzia · Belmont Siris · Albizia chevalieri · Albizia coriaria · Silktree · Woman's tongue · Tall albizia · Albizia · Dicotyledons

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pseudalbizzia niopoides 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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