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Peacock Flower
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Peacock Flower

Albizia gummifera

Albizia gummifera is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae, native to sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar, and naturalized in

Brazil. It is also known as peacock flower.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Peacock Flower in Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.152

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132903.