Albizia
Summary 6
Pollen: Good?
Nectar: Good
Flowering time 7-12, 10-11 …There are eleven Albizia species in southern Africa. Albizias are similar to acacias in that they have bipinate or doubt-compound leaves and have glands that are present on the leaf stalk and the midrib. However, albizias have no thorns and the small florets form loose, half-spherical, fluffy heads with their very elongated stamens. (In acacias the florets are combined into tight globose heads or into flower spikes). South Africa literature does not mention that an albizia flower head has only one floret (or perhaps a few?) that is well-developed and supplies nectar. This was found to be the case in A. adianthifolia,which were reported to have had bees visiting the flowers. In Namibia brood production from the pollen and nectar of A. anthelmintica was noticed once during very prolific flowering. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)
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