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Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. (Albizia julibrissin Durazz (Ornamental in India) has stamen colour is pink as per keys at Flora of Chinawhile it is green-white or yellow in Albizia chinensis (wild in India)).
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Albizia julibrissin Durazz (It (ornamental in India) has stamen colour pink as per keys at Flora of Chinawhile it is green-white or yellow in Albizia chinensis (wild in India)).

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Albizia lucidior (Steud.) I.C.Nielsen

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Albizia myriophylla Benth. ? (Bangladesh (N); Burma (N); Cambodia (N); India (N): Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Manipur; Meghalaya ; Sikkim; West Bengal; Laos (N); Malaysia (N); Myanmar (N); Peninsular Malaysia (N); Thailand (N); Vietnam (N) as per ILDIS)


Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth. (Images by Dinesh Valke, Satish Phadke (Id by Shrikant Ingalhalikar), Raman Arunachalam (Id by Vijayasankar Raman & Prasad Dash) (Inserted by Surajit Koley & J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

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Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. 


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An important document on all legume species growing in India is:
 
Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun.
As per this document following species of Albizia occur in India-
1- Albizia amara,
2- A.arunachalensis,
3- A.chinensis (var. chinensis and var. smithiana),
4- A.garrettii,
5- A.julibrissin (var. julibrisin, var. mollis),
6- A.kalkora,
7- A.lathamii,
8- A.lebbeck,
9- A.lucidior,
10- A.myriophylla,
11- A.odoratissima,
12- A.orissensis,
13- A.procera,
14- A.retusa,
15- A.sherriffii,
16- A.sikharamensis,
17- A.thompsonii (var. thompsonii, var. galbana),
18- A.richardiana (cultivated).

Albizia thompsonii Brandis is mentioned as “Rare” in Indian Red Data Book (Nayar & Sastry,1990, page-129).


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Keys available at Flora of Peninsular India for some species.
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The common species which are found in India,

1. A. amara– have yellow fragrant flowers, a common avenue tree in S. India
2. A. labbek– the desi siris, with spreading crown, beautiful pinkish flowers, the colour is due to the coloured stamens. in most of the Albizia sp. the petals are either absent or inconspicuous. Women folk often use the flowers (cluster of flowers on a head, again each flower has a cluster of coloured and long stamens, giving a silky appearance- often also known as silk plant.) to adore hair style and as ear ornament.
3. A. stipulata– a common shade tree in Tea and Coffee plantation
4. A. procera– almost like labbek, known as safed siris- for whitish bark
5. A. odoratissima– the black siris, often known as Fragrant Albizia, a common host of lac insects.
6. A. julibrissia– has two vars. A. julibrissis var. julibrissia– the persian silk tree and A. julibrissia var. mollis or A. mollis– the red
or pink Albizia, the young stem is densely hairy , flowers light pink, not so attractive as A. labbek.
7. A. saman or Samanea saman or Pithocelbium saman – the rain tree, mostly with golden brown flowers, sometime pinkish. An Avenue tree and shade tree, perhaps the most common of the species. All Albizia flowers attract a number of birds with pointed beaks, as flower peckers, humming birds.


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Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib.
Albizia
amara
(Roxb.) Boivin
Mode rate sized
tree
Dry Evergreen
to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
All districts
Albizia chinensis (Osbeck.) Merr. Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Nilgiri,
Salem, Tirunelveli
Albizia lathamii Hole Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Theni,
Tirunelveli,  Virudhu nagar
 
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Willd. Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
All
districts
Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth var. mollis Benth ex Baker Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore,  Tiruvanna malai, Vellore,  
Albizia odoratissima (L.f.) Benth. var. odoratissima  Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
All
districts
Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Tirunelveli, Tiruvanna malai, Vellore
Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.v. Muell.= Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. Tree Plains
to Low Altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
All
districts
Albizia thompsonii Brandis  Tree Dry
Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore  

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Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 5.2.14:

Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name
Albizia amara subsp. amara Mimosa amara Mimosaceae Krishna Siris
Albizia chinensis Mimosaceae Chinese Albizia
Albizia julibrissin Acacia julibrissin, Acacia mollis, Mimosa arborea Mimosaceae Silktree Mimosa
Albizia lebbeck Mimosaceae Siris Tree
Albizia lucidior Albizia lucida, Inga lucidior, Mimosa lucida Mimosaceae Potka Siris
Albizia odoratissima Acacia odoratissima, Albizia micrantha, Mimosa odoratissima Mimosaceae Black Siris
Albizia procera Mimosaceae White Siris
Albizia saman .= Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. Samanea saman, Acacia propinqua, Mimosa saman Mimosaceae Rain Tree

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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett:
Albizia thompsonii Brandis– R- Orissa, Andhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu

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Mansfeld’s Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except … edited by Peter Hanelt, R. Büttner (2001)- Details-
Albizia lucida BENTH. = Albizia lucidior (Steud.) I. C. Nielsen ex H. Hara
Albizia odoratissima

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Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)- Details with keys
An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details with keys
Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosberg = Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes

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Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed (2000)- Details with keys

Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details with keys
Albizia amara
Albizia chinensis
Albizia lebbeck
Albizia odoratissima


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Albizia : 3 posts by 2 authors.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Albizia

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.


I have added the list of Albizia species known in India as per the reference (Sanjappa, 1992). Red Data Book status of one species mentioned in Red Data Book of Indian Plants (Nayar & Sastry, 1990) is also mentioned.