Albizzia Lebbeck

Of the legumes family They call it Albizzia Lebbeck From Africa, her homeland John VI took her, to Brazil Where her bark for tanning And for the timber industry Her forage foliage Are self-donations Pleasant appearance It is their foliage, with flowers So unobtrusive; the fruit of African flavors That the number and size Are yellow, slender pods However, very elongated Like long has become a lesson The overnight that lasted Five hundred years of slavery