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Albizia lebbeck is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions, including Australia.
Cream albizia (A. adianthifolia) Albizia amaraThere are approximately 99 accepted species in the legume tree genus Albizia, the silk trees, sirises, or albizias. [1]Numerous species placed in Albizia by early authors were eventually moved to other genera, particularly Archidendron and many other Ingeae, as well as certain Acacieae, Mimoseae, and even Caesalpinioideae and Faboideae.
Albizia is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical , occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics.
It is a well-known tree, rivaled perhaps only by lebbeck and pink siris among its genus. It is well represented in many languages and has numerous local names in its native range; [8] common English names include saman, rain tree and monkeypod [6] (see also § Names below).
Albizia: silk trees and false acacias; Albizia julibrissin: silk tree; Persian silk tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) 345 Albizia lebbeck: lebbeck; woman's tongue Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Albizia saman: saman; rain tree; monkeypod Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Bauhinia: orchid trees; Bauhinia purpurea: purple orchid tree
Common introduced trees found in the forest are the flea tree (Albizia lebbeck), the karoi tree (Albizia procera) and the Malay pterocarpus (Pterocarpus indicus). [2]
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The provincial tree is the woman's tongue tree (Albizia lebbeck). The tree symbol was assigned to the province in 1994 by Queen Sirikit. The provincial flower is the West Indian jasmine (Ixora). The provincial aquatic life is the endemic freshwater crab Thaipotamon chulabhorn.