Taxon:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mag. Tosc. 3(4):11. 1772
Verified:
12/23/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
mimosa – mimosa-tree – pink siris – silktree – silktree albizia – siris – varay-cotton – Afrikaans
plenk siris – syboom – French
arbre de soie – German
Federbaum – Schirmakazie – Schlafbaum – Japanese Rōmaji
nemu-no-ki – Portuguese (Brazil)
albízia – Swedish
silkesträd – Transcribed Korean
jagwinamu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | s.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | n.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | Kashmir |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan (s.e.)
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran (n.), Turkey (n.e.)
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal, Pakistan (Kashmir)
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar (n.)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
potential as fuelwood (fide Phytologia 85:106.) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) – Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec) –