Cathormion altissimum
Leguminosae Mim
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
Albizia altissima
Rank
-
Taxon
-
Literature
FWTA 1: 504
Vouchers
Jansen 1225 (WAG); Voorhoeve 1283 (WAG)
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
A small or medium sized tree of river borders, 15 – 20 m tall and 50 cm Ø, low-branched. Stem with sharp thorns (spines). Bark very thin and scaly. A big gland on the petiole and one at the top of the rachis. The upper leaflet of the first pair of leaflets on a pinna reduced to a mere point. Curved pods remain on the tree for a long time; they are used for tanning skins. Another tree with thorns and very small leaflets is Plagiosiphon emarginatus – but its leaves are pinnate and not bipinnate. See also PROTA database. Syn.: Albizia altissima (in PROTA)