Fabaceae
Albizzia lebbeck
Albizia lebbeck
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Albizia
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- لبخ, ذقن الباشا
- arz
- لبخ
- Assamese
- শিৰিষ
- Bangla
- শিরিষ
- Burmese
- ကုက္ကို
- Cantonese
- 大葉合歡
- Chinese
- 大葉合歡, 闊莢合歡, 阔荚合欢, 印度合欢, 合欢皮, 大叶合欢, 大叶合欢皮, 缅甸合欢
- Danish
- Tibettræ
- English
- Albizzia lebbeck, Woman's tongue, Labakh, Siris, Sirisa
- Finnish
- Valkoalbitsia
- French
- Bois noir des Bas
- Haitian Creole
- Tyatya
- Hebrew
- אלביציה צהובה
- Hindi
- शिरीष
- Japanese
- ビルマネム
- Kannada
- ಸಿರಿಸ
- lah
- شرینہہ
- Malagasy
- Albizzia lebbeck, Alibizara, Benoara, Boanoara, Bonara, Bonarabe, Bonoara, Fany
- Malayalam
- നെന്മേനിവാക
- Marathi
- शिरषी
- Nepali
- शिरीष
- pap
- Barba di yonkuman
- Persian
- گل ابریشم, درخت گل ابریشم
- Portuguese
- Albízia
- Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਰੀਂਹ
- shn
- မႆႉၵူၵ်ႉၵူဝ်ႇ, မႆႉသၢမ်သႃ
- Tamil
- வாகை
- Telugu
- దిరిసన, దిరిసెన
- Thai
- พฤกษ์
- Urdu
- سرس
Synonyms
- Acacia lebbeck (L.) Willd.
- Acacia lebbek (L.) Willd.
- Acacia seeressa Roxb. ex Steud.
- Acacia sirissa (Roxb.) Jacques
- Acacia speciosa (Jacq.) Willd.
- Albizia latifolia Boivin
- Albizia lebbeck var. leucoxylon Hassk.
- Albizia lebbeck var. pubescens Haines
- Albizia lebbeck var. pubescens Benth.
- Albizia lebbeck var. rostrata Haines
- Albizia speciosa (Jacq.) Benth. ex Müll.Berol.
- Feuilleea lebbek (L.) Kuntze
- Inga borbonica Hassk.
- Inga leucoxylon Hassk.
- Mimosa flexuosa Rottler ex Wight & Arn.
- Mimosa lebbeck L.
- Mimosa lebbeck Blanco
- Mimosa lebbek L.
- Mimosa seeressa Steud.
- Mimosa sirissa Roxb.
- Mimosa speciosa Jacq.
- Pithecellobium splitgerberianum Miq.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June, September to November (from 105 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stuart, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: elawrey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.