KES. 580.00
Albizia coriaria
Origin: Indigenous
Usually a huge, spreading tree up to 15 metres tall, but often smaller, with a twisted trunk. Its bark is grey-black rough and flaking. Leaves are a bring green when young, with 6-11 pairs of leaflets up to 3cm long, rectangular, with rounded tips. The Albizia Christa has many sweet-smelling, pink-white, half-spherical heads with crimson stamen threads above and white below. Flat purple-brown pods, typically lustrous, 10-21 cm in length, with long, pointed bases and flat, spherical seeds measuring around 1 cm.
The Albizia coriaria has various uses such as used for firewood, charcoal, timber, furniture, poles, boat building, medicine (roots and bark), feed, forage, shade, decorative, nitrogen-fixing, toothbrushes, veterinary medicine and banana ripening leaves.
Notes: The species is highly valued within the Luo community. The heartwood is especially robust and durable.
50 in stock
Albizia coriaria
Botanical name: Albizia coriaria
Common names: Luhya: Omubele; Luhya (Bukusu): Kumupeli, Kumuyebeye; Luo: Ober; Teso: Etekwa
Origin: Indigenous
Height; approx. 30cm high
Comes in a seedling bag
Grown and ships within Kenya
| Weight | .5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10 × 10 × 30 cm |
| Manufacturers | Nanjala Blooms |
