Albizia zygia

Albizia zygia is a medium-sized deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and south to Angola and Mozambique, where it occurs in secondary forest, savanna woodland, and forest margins. The tree typically reaches 9 to 30 metres in height with a spreading, flat-topped crown and a straight bole that may be buttressed at the base. The bark is smooth and pale grey to brownish, becoming slightly fissured with age. Leaves are alternate and bipinnately compound, with two to four pairs of pinnae, each bearing two to four pairs of asymmetrical obovate to rhombic leaflets 3 to 9 centimetres long, with the apical pair largest. Inflorescences are axillary heads of fragrant pink to white flowers with conspicuous long stamens forming powderpuff-like clusters. Fruits are flat, oblong pods 10 to 18 centimetres long, brownish at maturity, dehiscing to release flattened seeds. The species is a fast-growing pioneer of disturbed forest.