Accession Count: 1
Common Name:
Sinaloan albizia
Family Name:
Fabaceae
Botanical Name:
Albizia sinaloensis
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Characteristics:
Leaves are bi-pinnate, growing to roughly 10 inches in length. Each is divided into 4-8 pairs of pinnae, and each of these divided again into 10-21 pairs of leaflets. Flowers are cream colored puffballs. Pods can be as long as 16 cm (6 inches) and persist through winter. Bark is smooth and pale yellow.
Compound:
Alb sin
Geographic Origin:
Mexican Tropics
Ecozone Origin:
Neotropic
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Natural History:
======================================================================= Natural History of the UA Campus Arboretum Specimen: The Albizia sinaloensis on campus was collected in southern Sonora by Warren Jones in the mid 1970s. Seeds were germinated at the
Cultivation Notes:
Seed germination requires scarification and soaking in a damp towel overnight. The Desert Legume Program (DELEP) in Tucson reports that smaller trees die back to the ground when winter temperatures drop to the low 20s F. However Tucson’s record cold temperatures (official 19 F) of late 2003 created minimal damage to the Albizia sinaloensis on campus. Presumably the tree is large enough and the campus retains more heat than the open DELEP fields.
Ethnobotany:
The bark has been used as a source for tanning leather.
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Color:
White
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Spread:
Allergen:
Non-allergenic
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Toxicity:
Benign
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