Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ΆθΝΉ Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE (FABACEAE) 4

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Descriptions :
Tree 12-15 m. tall, ovate crown, deciduous, bark brown. Leaves alternate, bipinnately compound, with gland, petiolate; pinnae opposite, 3-5 pairs; petiolulate,10-12 cm long, 10-12 pairs of leaflets, curved, leaflets opposite sessile, asymmetrically rhomboid or obovate, entire, rounded apex, base oblique, yellow green, 7-10 x 2-3 mm. Inflorescence: compound cluster, terminal. Flower bisexual, 15-20 flowers in a cluster, small, sessile, 3-7 mm by 2-3 mm. Sepals 5, funnel - shaped, light green 3-5 mm long. Petals 5, funnel-shaped, green, 8-10 mm long. Stamens many, white,3-5 cm long. Ovary simple superior ovary, flat, 1 locule Fruits a pod, flat, brown, glabrous, 8-12 x 2-3 cm, Seed elliptic, flat, 8 x 6 mm.