Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

  • Description

    Species Description - A tree, up to 15 m. high, often flowering when not over 5 m., the foliage glabrous or sparingly puberulent. Leaves large, often 4 dm. long; petioles 2-10 cm. long, bearing an oblong, sessile gland; pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 4-9 pairs on each pinna, thin, nearly sessile, obliquely oblong or the terminal pair obovate, obtuse, 2-4 cm. long, reticulate-veined; peduncles 4 3-10 cm. long; umbels subglobose; pedicels pubescent, 2-5 mm. long; calyx narrowly campanulate, pubescent, about 4 mm. long, its teeth short; corolla about 6 mm. long; stamens yellowish, about 3 cm. long; pod straight, broadly linear, narrowed at each end, 1.5-3 dm. long, 2-4 em. wide, glabrous, shining; seeds about 1.5 cm. broad.

  • Distribution

    Roadsides spontaneous after cultivation. New Providence near Nassau : Widely planted and established in the West Indies: native of tropical Asia and Africa. Womans Tongue Tree. Singer Tree. 'Whistling bean.

    West Indies| Asia| Africa| New Providence Bahamas South America|