Description
Albizia versicolor (Fabaceae). It is indigenous to South Africa and summer growing. Albizia versicolor is a deciduous tree up to 20 m tall with a spreading rounded to flat crown. Bark on young branches covered with dense brownish to yellowish hairs, but corky, greyish brown and rough on older branches and stems. Leaves bi-pinnate, up to 30 cm long, with 1-3 pairs of leaflets, the top pair the largest, hairy, venation prominent and much raised below, margin smooth, new leaves soft and bright reddish brown, autumn leaves yellow. Flowers faintly, scented, in half-spherical heads, creamy white, stamens up to 4 cm long. Sowing : Sow seeds in summer. Locality : Livingston. Harvest : September 2020
