Albizia anthelmintica Brongn.

anthelmintica: "worm killer", referring to its use in traditional medicine as a cure against tape-worm.

Deciduous shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree. Branchlets often spine-tipped. Leaves with 2-4 pairs of pinnae; rhachis ending in a hook-like extension; leaflets in 2-4 pairs per pinna, obovate to almost circular; petiole with a gland about midway. Flowers in fluffy, semi-spherical heads, creamy-white, appearing before the leaves. Pods flattened, pale brown.

Common at lower altitudes

Tropical Africa to Namibia and Swaziland