Fabaceae
Silktree
Albizia julibrissin
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Albizia
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- ألبيزيا زهرة الحرير
- Armenian
- Ալբիցիա լենքորանյան
- arz
- البيزيا زهرة الحرير
- azb
- لنکران گۆله بریشینی
- Azerbaijani
- Lənkəran güləbrişini, Lənkəran akasiyası
- Basque
- Konstantinoplako akazia
- Bulgarian
- Юлибрисинова албиция
- Cantonese
- 合歡樹
- Catalan
- Acàcia taperera, Acàcia de Constantinoble
- Chinese
- 合欢, 合歡, 合欢皮, 合欢花, 绒花树, 马缨花, 合欢树, 合歡樹
- Czech
- Albízie růžová
- Dutch
- Perzische slaapboom, Zijdeboom
- English
- Silktree, Pink siris tree, Silk tree
- Esperanto
- Persa silka arbo
- Finnish
- Silkkialbitsia
- French
- Arbre de soie
- Galician
- Árbore da seda
- Georgian
- Აბრეშუმა აკაცია
- German
- Seidenbaum, Schlafbaum, Seidenakazie
- Greek
- Ακακία Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
- Hebrew
- אלביציה ורודה
- Hungarian
- Perzsa selyemakác
- Icelandic
- Silkitré
- Japanese
- ネムノキ, ねぶ, ねむのき, ネム, 合歓, 合歓木
- Korean
- 자귀나무
- lah
- ریشم رکھ
- lzh
- 合歡
- mnc
- ᡥᠣᠯᠪᠣᡨᠣ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Nepali
- रातो शिरिष
- Persian
- شبخسب, شب خسب
- Polish
- Albicja jedwabista
- Russian
- Альбиция ленкоранская, Ленкоральская акация, Ленкоранская акация
- Serbian
- Свиласта албиција
- Slovenian
- Albicija
- Spanish
- Arbol de la seda, Árbol de la seda
- Tatar
- Ефәк сәрви агачы
- Turkish
- Gülibrişim
- Ukrainian
- Альбіція іранська
Synonyms
- Acacia julibrissin (Durazz.) Willd.
- Albizzia julibrissin Durazz.
- Feuilleea julibrissin (Durazz.) Kuntze
- Mimosa julibrissin (Durazz.) Scop.
- Sericandra julibrissin (Durazz.) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mariajosecalvod, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: EgorovaSvetlana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.