Subfamily: Mimosoideae.
Phylogenetic Number: 2.5.12.
Tribe: Ingeae.
Species Studied - Species in Genus: 5 studied; 10 in genus (Barneby and Grimes, 1996Barneby and Grimes, 1996:
Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 1&-292.
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Fruit: A legume; unilocular; 5.5–26 cm long (Barneby and Grimes, 1996); 0.6–2.4 cm wide (Barneby and Grimes, 1996); 0.3–1 cm thick; 2–9 times longer than wide, or more than 9 times longer than wide; with deciduous androecial sheath; with deciduous corolla; with deciduous calyx; with orifice formed by curving of fruit or fruit segments, or without orifice formed by curving of fruit or fruit segments; curved, or 0.5-coiled to 1-coiled to 1.5-coiled to 2-coiled to 3-coiled to 4-coiled to 5- to 10-coiled; not plicate; twisted, or not twisted; symmetrical; coiled, or C-shaped, or falcate; not inflated; compressed, or terete; without beak; rounded at apex, or tapered at apex; aligned with longitudinal axis of fruit; long tapered at base, or tapered at base, or short tapered at base; aligned with longitudinal axis of fruit (centered or to one side); with the apex and base uniform in texture; coriaceous, or leathery, or ligneous; seed chambers externally visible; seed chambers with the raised seed chambers not torulose; margin constricted; margin constricted along both margins to slightly constricted along both margins, or constricted only on 1 margin to slightly constricted only on 1 margin, or constricted on 1 margin and slightly constricted on the other margin; margin without sulcus; margin plain, or embellished; margin with thickened sutural areas; wing(s) absent; nonstipitate; with all layers dehiscing; splitting along suture(s). Dehiscence of valves along 1 suture, or both sutures; passive. Replum invisible. Epicarp dull; monochrome; brown to black, or green; with surface texture uniform; glabrous; eglandular; without spines; not smooth; with elevated features; veined; transversely veined relative to fruit length, or reticulately veined, or irregularly veined; not tuberculate; rugose; not exfoliating; without cracks, or with cracks (especially older specimens with large transverse cracks between the seeds); cracking transverse to fruit length, or irregular; without embedded tissue, much thicker than epicarp, running from base to apex. Mesocarp present; thick, or thin; surface not veined; 1-layered, or 2-layered; without balsamic vesicles; without fibers; without reniform canals; vitriol, or solid; with vitriol layer over solid layer (with the vitriol 4–5 times thicker over the seeds); coriaceous, or ligneous. Endocarp present; visible; dull; opaque; monochrome; brown to tan, or white; pithy, or scurfy, or smooth; without adhering pieces of testa; nonseptate; coriaceous, or ligneous; not exfoliating; remaining fused to mesocarp and epicarp; without wings; entire. Seed(s) 5–24 (Barneby and Grimes, 1996); length parallel with fruit length, or transverse to fruit length; neither overlapping nor touching; in 1 series. Funiculus 1–3 mm long; of 1 length only; filiform; straight and coiled (near attachment to valve, Barneby and Grimes, 1996). Aril absent.
Seed: 3.4–8.5 mm long (Barneby and Grimes, 1996Barneby and Grimes, 1996: