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Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae
Mimosaceae
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970) Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1)
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Trees or shrubs (in ours). Leaves alternate, 2-pinnate or (in some introduced species) modified to phyllodes which look like simple leaves. Inflorescences usually spikes, racemes or heads of small, actinomorphic (3-)5(-6)-merous flowers. Sepals usually united to form a calyx. Petals valvate in bud, free, or united below into a tube. Stamens 4-10, as many as or twice as many as the petals, or numerous. Pods and seeds various. Seeds generally marked with an areole. Worldwide: 64 genera and 2,950 species, mostly tropical. Zambia: 3 cultivated genera and 6 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Albizia Durazz. | Description |
| Leucaena Benth. | Description |
| Samanea Benth. | Description |
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