Albizia ferruginea is a medium to large sized tree that can grow up to 45 metres high and reach a diameter of up to 120 cm. The trunk is straight, with thick, rough bark that is yellowish brown in color while the slash is pale to orange brown in color; stems are densely covered in woolly hairs. Leaves are
bipinnately compound and alternate, 4 - 6 pairs of pairs of pinnae and each pinnae having up to 6 - 13 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets, opposite, up to 2.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, they are narrowly oblong in shape, base is truncate while apex is rounded to obtuse. The inflorescence is axillary with the white and green
stamen filaments crowded at the end a
peduncle that can be up to 7 cm long; the flowers have a capitate shape and are subsessile. Fruit is a light yellowish brown pod, up to 20 cm long and 5 cm wide. == Distribution and habitat ==