Albizia lebbeck (शिरीà¤-) is a species of Albizia, native to tropical southern Asia, and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
Albizia julibrissin
Silk Tree, Mimosa
These deciduous trees or shrubs are closely allied to Acacia. Their graceful, feathery foliage and clusters of powderpuff-like flowers make them a lovely lawn or patio tree in warmer climates.
Albizia is a broad subtropical to tropical genus of low trees to tall shrubs with elegant feathered leaves and clusters of white, yellow to rose flower brushes.
Genus Albizia
Unarmed trees or shrubs ; leaves compound bipinnate, petiolar and jugal glands more or less conspicuous , stipules setaceous , obsolete or rarely papery . Inflorescence pedunculate globose heads , arranged racemosely.
Albizia julibrissin. (Albizzia j.). SILK TREE. Temperate Central Asia
Leguminosae (Pea family) ...
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Albizia julibrissin is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which mimosa has escaped (opens a new window).
Albizia: after Filipppo degli Albizzia, a Florentine nobleman who introduced this genus to cultivation in Tuscany. julibrissin: derived from the Persian gul-ebruschin, meaning soft silken treads, a reference to the flowers.
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Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
Synonyms
Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd.Albizia latifolia BoivinAlbizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. var. pubescens Benth.Feuilleea lebbeck (L.) KuntzeMimosa lebbeckL.
Albizia julibrissin Durz.
Pea family (Fabaceae)
NATIVE RANGE: Iran to Japan (according to Hortus 3rd. ed.).
#129 Albizia julibrissin
Common Names: silk tree, mimosa
Family: Fabaceae/Leguminosae (bean Family)
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Albizia julibrissin
COMMON: Mimosa
LEAVES: Deciduous, green, no fall color
SIZE: 20 to 35' tall, width similar or greater
HARDINESS: Zone 6 to 9
HABIT: Vase shaped, broad, multi-stemmed
GROWTH RATE: Fast ...
PLUME ALBIZIA
Albizia distachya
General Notes
Drought tolerant, but not hardy. Flowers form short dense spikes. SelecTree lists no cultivars of distachya.
Albizia lebbeck, Mimosa lebbeck is a fast-growing tree, that is susceptible to wind damage. A moderate to large, deciduous tree can grow up to 100 feet high in rain forests.
Albizia julibrissin
3-6" wide clusters of silky pink blooms are borne in summer. This is a very fast growing tree creating a broad rounded canopy with the fine soft textured fern-like foliage.
Albizia lebbeck is occasionaly found at disturbed sites in the southern penisula and central regions of Florida. Woman's tongue is native to Asia but escaped cultivation (Wunderlin, 1998).
Albizia julibrissin
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Albizia odoratissima
Acacia odoratissima, Albizia micrantha, Mimosa odoratissima
Mimosaceae ...
Albizia julibrissin ( Rosea Silk Tree )
Albizia lophantha ( Cape Wattle )
Alcea rosea ( Chater's Double Hollyhock ) ...
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) is a medium-sized deciduous tree that blooms in the summer and was, at one time, as much a symbol of the southern landscape as the crapemyrtle.
Subject : Albizia
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16. Silk Tree
(Albizia julibrissin)
Other Common Names: Pink Acacia, Mimosa Tree, Nemu Tree, Pink Siris, Bastard Tamarind, Lenkoran Acacia.
Family: Fabaceae,
Subfamily: Mimosoideae ...
Australian Albizia Paraserianthes lophantha (Willi.) (Category 1)
Australian blackwood Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. (Category 2)
Australian cheesewood Pittosporum undulatum Vent. (Category 1) ...
Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant, Shoe-strings)
Amorpha fruticosa (Desert False Indigo)
Arachis hypogaea (Peanut, Ground Nut)
Baptisia alba (White False Indigo)
Baptisia australis (False Indigo, Wild Indigo) ...
also called monkeypod, a large leguminous tropical tree (Albizia saman or Samanea saman) of tropical America belonging to the family Leguminosae (pulse family), the leaves of which fold together in cloudy weather and in darkness.
Acer -- Maples Amur Paperbark Japanese Silver (?) Sugar Aesculus hippocastanum - HorseChestnut Albizia julibrissin (mimosa) -- Hardy?
Other legumes, for example some members of the genera Neptunia, Acacia, Albizia and Samanea, respond to a lesser degree by showing 'sleep movements' (nyctinasty) in their natural habitats.
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Amur Privet (Ligustrum amurense)
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
Maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis - early flowering cultivars ...
Something unusual like Sophora microphylla or Albizia julibrissin.
Tender trees, such as olives, pomegranates and citrus are ideal in pots, as they can easily be moved into a frost free place over winter.
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Nandina (Nandina domestica)
Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Anthony Waterer Spirea (Spiraea x bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer')
Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) ...
Acacia foliage is of two kinds: leaflike phyllodes, and finely pinnately compound feathery or ferny true leaves (like those of Albizia). Some species bear both kinds of foliage, others bear only one or the other kind.
Stop 38 - Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'
Stop 39 - Pinus peuce
Stop 40 - Albizia julibrissin
Stop 41 - Gymnocladus dioicus
Stop 42 - Larix kaempferi
Stop 43 - Sophora japonica
Stop 44 - Aesculus carnea 'Briottii' ...
 See also: Albizia julibrissin, Green, Mimosa, Silk tree, Acacia
  
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