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|common_name=silk tree, mimosa, Persian silk tree, pink siris, Lenkoran acacia, bastard tamarind
|common_name=silk tree, mimosa, Persian silk tree, pink siris, Lenkoran acacia, bastard tamarind
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
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|Min ht box=5
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min ht metric=m
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|Min ht box=20
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|Max ht box=12
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|Min ht metric=ft
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|Max ht metric=m
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|Max ht box=40
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|Max ht metric=ft
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|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min wd box=15
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|Min wd metric=ft
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|Max wd box=20
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|Max wd metric=ft
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Iran to Japan
|origin=Iran to Japan
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
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|exposure=sun, part-sun
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|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|exposure=sun
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|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moderate, dry
|water=moderate, dry
|features=deciduous, flowers, invasive
|features=deciduous, flowers, invasive
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
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|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, pink
|flowers=red, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=6
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|min_zone=8
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|max_zone=9
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|max_zone=12
|sunset_zones=4-23, 26-33
|sunset_zones=4-23, 26-33
|image=AlbizziaJulibrissin3.jpg
|image=AlbizziaJulibrissin3.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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''Albizia julibrissin'' is a small [[deciduous]] tree growing to 5–12 m tall, with a broad crown of level or arching branches. The [[bark]] is dark greenish grey in colour and striped vertically as it gets older. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate|bipinnate]], 20–45 cm long and 12–25 cm broad, divided into 6–12 pairs of pinnae, each with 20–30 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are oblong, 1–1.5 cm long and 2–4 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced throughout the summer in dense [[inflorescence]]s, the individual flowers with no [[petal]]s but a tight cluster of [[stamen]]s 2–3 cm long, white or pink with a white base, looking like silky threads. They have been observed to be attractive to [[bee]]s, [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[hummingbird]]s. The [[fruit]] is a flat brown [[legume|pod]] 10–20 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad, containing several [[seeds]] inside.
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''Albizia julibrissin'' is a small [[deciduous]] tree growing to 5–12 m tall, with a broad crown of level or arching branches. The [[bark]] is dark greenish grey in colour and striped vertically as it gets older. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate|bipinnate]], 20–45 cm long and 12–25 cm broad, divided into 6–12 pairs of pinnae, each with 20–30 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are oblong, 1–1.5 cm long and 2–4 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced throughout the summer in dense [[inflorescence]]s, the individual flowers with no [[petal]]s but a tight cluster of [[stamen]]s 2–3 cm long, white or pink with a white base, looking like silky threads. They have been observed to be attractive to [[bee]]s, [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[hummingbird]]s. The [[fruit]] is a flat brown [[legume|pod]] 10–20 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad, containing several [[seeds]] inside.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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* ''Albizia julibrissin'' var. ''mollis''. Differs in the shoots being densely hairy.
* ''Albizia julibrissin'' var. ''mollis''. Differs in the shoots being densely hairy.
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There is also a [[form (biology)|form]], ''Albizia julibrissin'' f. ''rosea'' which has, in the past, been classed either as a variety or as a [[cultivar]]. This is a smaller tree, only growing to 5–7 m tall, with the flowers always pink. Native to the northeast of the species' range in Korea and northern China, it is more cold-tolerant than the typical form, surviving temperatures down to at least -25 °C.
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There is also a [[form (biology)|form]], ''Albizia julibrissin'' f. ''rosea'' which has, in the past, been classed either as a variety or as a [[cultivar]]. This is a smaller tree, only growing to 5–7 m tall, with the flowers always pink. Native to the northeast of the species' range in Korea and northern China, it is more cold-tolerant than the typical form, surviving temperatures down to at least -25 °C.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==