Tree, green parts rusty-tomentose; prickles short, recurved, scattered.
Leaf-rachis with a sessile gland near the base; pinnæ 14-30 pairs;
leaflets 25-50 pairs, linear, subfalcate. Spikes 3-4 in. long, axillary,
fascicled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
=A. pennata= _Willd._
Scandent shrub; prickles sharp, recurved, scattered over branchlets,
under petioles and on inflorescence. Pinnæ 8-20 pairs; leaflets up to 70
pairs. Flower-heads globular, white or pale yellow. Pod reddish-brown,
thin, ab. 4 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé & Bongo-land).
=A. near reficiens= _Wawra_ & _Peyr._ SALGAM (Kordn.)—Arab; IMGYEN
(Dilling)—Nuba.
Tree, in habit not unlike _A. spirocarpa_; twigs nodose; spines
straight, up to 1½ in. long. Flowers not seen; pods curved, somewhat
turgid. Bark dark and rough; heartwood dark brown. Leaflets about 15
pairs, oblong, ⅙ in. long, ciliate.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (from Sungikai South).
Heartwood very dark brown. Exudes a gum.
=A. near gummifera= _Willd._ MIT—Bari.
Tall tree, with habit and bark of _A. arabica_; timber light red,
without heartwood. Flowers not seen; pods curved, somewhat turgid.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=A. near papyracea= _Hochst._
Prickles ⅙ in. long, hairy at the base. Leaflets about 15 pairs, oblong,
⅙ in. long, veinless, glabrous. Flowers in heads about ⅓ in. diam.
Fruits not seen.
Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon).
=A. sp. near albida= _Del._
Small tree, 15-20 ft. high. Leaflets about 25 pairs, linear-oblong,
rounded at the apex, glaucous, ⅓ in. long, the lowermost pair very
small. Flowers in spikes, white; pod not seen.
Mongalla Prov. (Lado).
=A. Farnesiana= _Willd._
Shrub; spines straight, stipular. Pinnæ 4-8 pairs; leaflets 12-20 pairs.
Flower-heads globose, deep yellow, sweet-scented; pod 2-3 in. long,
turgid.
Introduced.
288 =Albizzia amara= _Boivin._ ARRADA—Arab; SUK (J. Daier), ORBOL
(Dilling) & MINKIGILI (Kadugli)—Nuba; MĪLLOA (Goz El Siada)—Dinka;
BIMYA—Burun.
Unarmed moderate-sized to large tree. Leaves bipinnate; pinnæ 10-20
pairs; leaflets 25-35 pairs, linear. Flower-heads dense, ab. 1 in. in
diameter, yellow or pinkish. Pod linear-oblong, 4-8 in. long, edges
undulate.
Blue Nile Prov. (Sheikh Talha); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan
Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Meshra El Rek & Tonj); Darfur
Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada).
Timber strong; yields a gum.
=A. anthelmintica= _A. Brongn._ TĀKIRNI, UMTAKIRNI, UMGIRSH & GERFET EL
DŪD (All Kordofan)—Arab; EIBELAINY (Dilling)—Nuba; AGWAR—Shilluk.
Moderate-sized tree, with smooth, grey bark, unarmed. Leaves bipinnate
with 1 or more sessile glands on the rachis. Pinnæ 1-4 pairs; leaflets
2-5 pairs, the upper larger, sometimes up to 1¾ in. long, obliquely
obovate, mucronate. Flower-heads fascicled or solitary in upper axils,
whitish. Pod 2-6 in. long, sinuous, crustaceous.
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