Cathormion altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy
var. altissimum

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Puta, Luao River
Aug 1989
Photo: Mike Bingham

Katanga Province, DRC;
Oct 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Yalikina (Itindi), southern bank of the Congo River, Northwest of Isangi

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Synonyms:	Albizia altissima Hook. f. var. altissima Arthrosamanea altissima (Hook.f.) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique Feuilleea altissima (Hook.f.) Kuntze Inga altissima (Hook.f.) Roberty Pithecellobium altissimum (Hook.f.) Oliv.
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Description:	Shrub or small tree, to 35 m. high elsewhere, sometimes with blunt spines on water shoots; leaves with a gland near the base of the petiole; pinnae 5-7 pairs; leaflets 11-22 pairs, except the lowermost leaflet unpaired, stalks densely brown pubescent; inflorescence of round heads of white flowers; pod lobed along one or both margins.
Type location:	Ghana and Nigeria
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Derivation of specific name:	altissimum: tallest.
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Flowering time:	Aug
Worldwide distribution:	From Senegal to South Sudan and South to Mozambique, Zambia and Angola.
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 136 - 138. as Cathormion altissimum (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 352 - 353. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 55. as Albizia altissima White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 91. as Cathormion altissimum

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Cathormion altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy var. altissimum