Albizia julibrissin

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

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. Flowers sessile or pedicellate , bisexual . Calyx gamosepalous , dentate or shortly lobed . Corolla gamopetalous, funnel shaped, petals connate beyond the middle . Stamens generally indefinite, connate at the base or high up into a tube ; filaments elongated, white, rose or rarely purple, anthers small, eglandular . Ovary shortly stipitate or sessile; style filiform , stigma capitate or minute. Pod broadly linear , thin, compressed , dehiscent or not; continuous inside the valves and without pulp within. Seeds ovate or orbicular , compressed, funicle filiform.

A genus with about 145 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.[1]

Physical Description

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Accent. Color. • Care: Short-lived due to vascular wilt disease.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,028 meters (0 to 13,215 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall • Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes

Growth

Culture: Space over 40' apart.

Soil: Well-drained soil preferred. • Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: High • Minimum pH: 7.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8 • Fertility Requirement: Low

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 30 • Maximum Precipitation: 60 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 2°F. • Minimum Frost Free Days: 200 • Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.) Willd. • Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.)willd. • Acacia nemu Willd. • Albizia julibrissin sensu auct. • Albizia julibrissin sensu Fern. -Vill. • Albizia nemu (Willd.)benth. • Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. • Feuilleea julibrissin (Durazz.) Kuntze • Feuilleea julibrissin (Durazz.)kuntze • Mimosa julibrissin (Durazz.) Scop. • Mimosa julibrissin (Durazz.)scop. • Mimosa speciosa Thunb. • Sericandra julibrissin (Durazz.) Raf. • Sericandra julibrissin (Durazz.)raf.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Conservation Status: Endangered , Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: May-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Albizia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. adianthifolia (Albizzia) · A. adianthifolia var. intermedia (West African Albizzia) · A. adinocephala (Cream Albizia) · A. amara (Oil Cake Tree) · A. anthelmintica (Mucenna Albizia) · A. boinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. carbonaria (Naked Albizia) · A. chinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. coriaria (Mugavu) · A. ferruginea (Albizia) · A. glaberrima (White Nongo) · A. grandibracteata (Red Nongo) · A. guachapele (Masaguaro) · A. gummifera (Msuruwache) · A. inundata (Canafistula) · A. julibrissin (Acacia) · A. julibrissin var. julibrissin (Silktree Albizia) · A. julibrissin var. rosea (Mimosa Tree) · A. julibrissin 'Boubri' (Ombrella" Mimosa Tree) · A. julibrissin 'E.h. Wilson' (Mimosa Tree) · A. julibrissin 'Fan Silk' (Mimosa Tree) · A. julibrissin 'Ishii Weeping' (Pink Siris) · A. julibrissin 'Rubra' (Mimosa Tree) · A. julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' (Summer Chocolate Mimosa) · A. lebbeck (Acacia) · A. lebbekoides (Indian Albizia) · A. myriophylla (Little-Leaf Sensitive-Briars) · A. niopoides (Caribbean Albizia) · A. niopoides var. niopoides (Wild Tamarind) · A. odoratissima (Albizia) · A. pedicellaris (Gallinazo) · A. polycephala (Angico-Branco) · A. procera (Albicia) · A. saman (False Powder Puff) · A. saponaria (Whiteflower Albizia) · A. suluensis (Zulu Albizia) · A. tanganyicensis (Paperbark Albizia) · A. tanganyicensis adamsoniorum (Paperbark Albizia) · A. tanganyicensis tanganyicensis (Paperbark Albizia) · A. versicolor (Poisonpod) · A. zygia (Albizia)

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Further Reading

• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 95.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 168.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 31.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 464.
• Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 535.
• Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 16, p. 21, p. 53.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 24, p. 76, p. 79, p. 80, p. 86.
• Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 76.
• Flora of Japan: in English: combined, much revised and extended translation / by the author of his Flora of Japan (1953) and Flora of Japan, Pteridophyta (1957); edited by Frederick G. Meyer and Egbert H. Walker. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. url p. 553.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1987 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 339, p. 846.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 45, p. 50.
• North American trees (exclusive of Mexico and tropical United States) A handbook designed for field use, with plates and distribution maps. Ames, Iowa State University Press[1961] url p. 271, p. 383.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 138, p. 308.
• Plants for California landscapes: a catalog of drought tolerant plants. [Sacramento, Calif.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Water Resources, [1979] url p. 14.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 38 1978 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 156, p. 231, p. 4.
• Trees: the yearbook of agriculture 1949. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture: 1949. url p. 819, p. 826, p. 917, p. 931, p. 938.
• Trees: the yearbook of agriculture, 1949 / the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1949 url p. 819, p. 826, p. 917, p. 931, p. 938.

Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
• GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Institute of Genetics, ROIS, Herbarium Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Pref., Japan
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650837
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11616
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638395
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473275-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 2136
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26449
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 473275-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB05010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ALJU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13856

Footnotes

1. "Albizia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 164.860 meters (540.879 feet), Standard Deviation = 396.030 based on 486 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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