Albizia julibrissin

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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

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.) Willd.
2. Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.)willd.
3. Acacia nemu Willd.
4. Albizia julibrissin sensu auct. , non Durazz.
5. Albizia julibrissin sensu Fern. -Vill. , Non Durazz.
6. Albizia nemu (Willd.)benth.
7. Albizzia julibrissin Durazz.
8. Feuilleea julibrissin (Durazz.) Kuntze
9. Feuilleea julibrissin (Durazz.)kuntze
10. Mimosa julibrissin (Durazz.) Scop.
11. Mimosa julibrissin (Durazz.)scop.
12. Mimosa speciosa Thunb.
13. Sericandra julibrissin (Durazz.) Raf.
14. Sericandra julibrissin (Durazz.)raf.

Notes

Publishing author : Wall. Publication : Pl. As. Rar. ii. 76. t. 177

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Barneby R.C., Grimes J.W. (Monograph 1996/97), May-2001

Name verified on

Place of publication: Mag. Tosc. 3(4):11. 1772

Name verified on 23-Dec-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Albizia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 278 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. boivinii · A. abyssinica · A. acle · A. acrodena · A. adianthifolia (West African Albizzia) · A. adianthifolia var. adianthifolia · A. adianthifolia var. intermedia (West African Albizzia) · A. adinocephala (Cream Albizia) · A. altissima · A. amara (Oil Cake Tree) · A. amara amara · A. amara sericocephala · A. androyensis · A. angolensis · A. angulata · A. anthelmintica (Mucenna Albizia) · A. antunesiana · A. arenicola · A. arunachalensis · A. atakataka · A. attopeuensis · A. aurisparsa · A. aylmeri · A. balabaka · A. barinensis · A. bequaertii · A. bernieri · A. berteriana · A. berteroana · A. boinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. boivini · A. boivinii · A. bracteata · A. brevifolia · A. brownei · A. brownii · A. bubalina · A. buntingii · A. burkartiana · A. burmanica · A. calcarea · A. callistemon · A. canescens · A. carbonaria (Naked Albizia) · A. caribaea · A. carrii · A. charpentieri · A. chevalieri · A. chinensis (Chinese Albizia) · A. chinensis var. chinensis · A. chinensis var. smithiana · A. chirindensis · A. clypearia · A. colombiana · A. commiphoroides · A. comorensis · A. comptonii · A. conjugato-pinnata · A. corbisieri · A. coreana · A. coriaria (Mugavu) · A. coripatensis · A. corniculata · A. crassiramea · A. cubana · A. decandra · A. deplanchei · A. divaricata · A. dolichadena · A. dubia · A. duclouxii · A. edwallii · A. edwarllii · A. elegans · A. eriorhachis · A. euryphylla · A. falcata · A. falcataria · A. fastigiata · A. ferruginea (Awiemfo-Samina) · A. flamignii · A. flavovirens · A. forbesii · A. garrettii · A. gigantea · A. gillardinii · A. glaberrima (White Nongo) · A. glaberrima var. glabrescens · A. glabrior · A. glabripetala · A. glomeriflora · A. grandibracteata (Red Nongo) · A. granulosa · A. greveana · A. guachapele (CenÁzaro Macho) · A. guillainii · A. gummifera (Msuruwache) · A. gummiflora · A. harveyi · A. harveyii

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Further Reading

• Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):243.
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Notes

Contributors

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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
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• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
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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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