Albizia adianthifolia LC Taxonomic Authority: (Schum.)W.Wight Global Assessment Regional Assessment Region: Global Endemic to region Synonyms Common names Albizia fastigiata (E,Mey.) Oliv. FLAT-CROWN ALBIZIA English Albizia intermedia De Wild. & T.Durand WEST AFRICAN ALBIZIA English
Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name: Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:
General Information Distribution Albizia adianthifolia is distributed in tropical and south African, it also occurs in eastern Madagascar.
Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 1700 Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: 12000000 Lower limit: 0 Antarctic Map Status: Depth Australasian Upper limit: Neotropical Lower limit: Oceanian Depth Zones Palearctic Shallow photic Bathyl Hadal Indomalayan Photic Abyssal Nearctic Population A. adianthifolia is recorded as common in its natural habitat (Greenway 2733; Faden 623; Sousa 2039; Burtt 2894).
Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology A. adianthifolia is a tree up to 35 m tall, which grows in evergreen forests, deciduous woodland, wooded grassland, often in fallow, secondary vegetation, in remnant miombo woodland among cultivated fields and along streams at edges of burned fields. It can grow on a wide range of soil types, more often occurring on sandy soil. It grows from sea level up to 1,700 m. A. adianthifolia is fast to colonize any clearing and grows rapidly in its early years (about 2 m per year).
System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative Terrestrial Freshwater Nomadic Congregatory/Dispersive Is the species a wild relative of a crop? Marine Migratory Altitudinally migrant Growth From Definition Tree - size unknow Tree (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m) Vines Vines, lianas and creepers
Threats A. adianthifolia is used for many different purposes, but it is not threatened by over exploitation at the moment; the species is not exported as the timber has no importance on the international market (Louppe et al. 2008)
Past Present Future 1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) 3 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) 3.2 Medicine 3.3 Fuel 3.4 Materials Conservation Measures There are no known conservation measures specifically for A. adianthifolia, but the species is currently known to occur in many protected areas. Samples of seed of A. adianthifolia are currently stored in the Millennium Seed Bank as an ex situ conservation measure.
In Place Needed 3 Research actions 3.2 Population numbers and range 3.5 Threats 3.6 Uses and harvest levels 3.9 Trends/Monitoring 4 Habitat and site-based actions 4.4 Protected areas 4.4.3 Management 5 Species-based actions 5.7 Ex situ conservation actions
Countries of Occurrence
PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly ExtinctPresence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Angola Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda
General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1Suitable Unset 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland1 Suitable Unset
Ecosystem Services Insufficient Information available Species provides no ecosystem services Score according to relative importance where 1 = very important, 2 = important, 3 = some importance, 4 = not important/relevant and 5 = not known. Ecosystem service Score (from 1 to 5) Geographic range over which benefits are felt? Water Quality Water Supplies Flood Control Climate Regulation Landscape Air Quality Nutrient Cycling Habitat Maintenance Provision of Critical Habitat Pollination Erosion Control 3 Biocontrol Shoreline Protection Other (specify) Define Other: Other (specify) Define Other:
Species Utilisation Species is not utilised at all
Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 3. Medicine - human and veterinary 6. Other chemicals 7. Fuel 9. Construction/structural materials The wood is used for firewood and charcoal. The root, bark and young shoots are used in traditional medicines. The insoluble gum is used as a cosmetic. A. adianthifolia is used as a shade tree for crops, and it is also planted for soil improvement and conservation.
Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed
IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment:(using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC)
Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct? Possibly Extinct Candidate? Rationale for the Red List Assessment A. adianthifolia is widespread in tropical Africa, in south Africa and it also occurs in eastern Madagascar. The species is used for its timber, in traditional medicine for example, but it doesn't appear to be over explioted at present; moreover the species shows a remarkable wide ecological adaptation, as it occurs in evergreen forests, deciduous woodland and wooded savanna. The species is known to occur within the protected area network and the population is currently believed to be stable, hence A. adianthifolia is listed as Least Concern. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment: Genuine Change Nongenuine Change No Change Genuine (recent) New information Taxonomy Same category Genuine (since first assessment) Knowledge of Criteria Criteria Revisio and criteria Incorrect data used Other Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 30/09/2009 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Contu, S. Evaluator(s): Notes:
% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:
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