Albizia lophantha
(plume acacia)
Fabaceae

 

Description:
Trees 3-7 m tall. Leaves twice pinnately compound, 8-20 cm long; ultimate leaflets many, oblong, 5-10 mm long, glabrous, upper surface dark green, lower surface light green. Racemes 6-8 cm long. Calyx rotate, 1.5-2 mm long, puberulent; corolla 4-5 mm long, yellow-green; stamens yellow. Fruit 6-9 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, straight, flat. Flowers Sep-Nov.

Distribution:
Santa Cruz Island and Monterey County to Southern California; native of Australia.

 

Santa Cruz Island
Scarce; disturbed sites, floodplains; chaparral, riparian communities; 10-350 ft (3-105 m).

1995(1)
North side at Prisoners’ Harbor; Central Valley at Rancho del Sur.

2006(2)
Cañada del Puerto north of Prisoners' Harbor (removed).

 

 

Photos
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Full-sized Albizia lophantha in lower Cañada del Puerto

 

Close-up of leaves and fruit Close-up of the flowers

 

(1) Provided by "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.
(2) Provided by Channel Islands Restoration

 

Plant descriptions from "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.  Used with permission.  Do not use or reproduce without permission.

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