Albizia inundata is a perennial tree native to South America

South America

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. Common names include maloxo, muqum, paloflojo, Timbo Blanco, Timbo-ata, and also "canafistula" though this usually is Golden Shower Tree

Golden Shower Tree

Cassia fistula, known as the golden shower tree and other names, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Asia, from southern Pakistan east through India to Myanmar and south to Sri Lanka. It is the national tree of Thailand, and its flower is Thailand's national flower...

 (Cassia fistula).

It grows to a height of up to 20 m. The leaves of Albizia inundata contain dimethyltryptamine

Dimethyltryptamine

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, a hallucinogenic drug.

Synonyms

The synonymy of this species is quite confusing; related plants have been described by various authors under the same name as A. inundata. Junior synonyms of A. inundata are:

• Acacia inundata Mart.
• Acacia multiflora Spreng.

Acacia multiflora Kunth. is Albizia multiflora var. multiflora

• Acacia polyantha A.Spreng.
• Albizia polyantha (A.Spreng.) G.P.Lewis
• Arthrosamanea polyantha (A.Spreng.) Burkart
• Arthrosamanea polycephala (Griseb.
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  ) Burkart
• Cathormion polyanthum (A.Spreng.) Burkart
• Cathormion polycephalum Burkart

Cathormion polycephalum (Griseb.) Burkart is Albizia polycephala

• Enterolobium polycephalum Griseb.
• Feuilleea polycephala (Griseb.) Kuntze
• Pithecellobium multiflorum (Kunth) Benth var. brevipedunculata Chodat & Hassl.

Pithecellobium multiflorum (Kunth) Benth is Albizia multiflora var. multiflora

Pithecellobium multiflorum Merr. is Archidendron merrillii

• Pithecellobium pendulum Lindm.

External links

• Albizia inundata Photo (Field Museum)
• Dried Herbarium Specimens (Field Museum)