Albizia procera

1. Color of the bark in this case is yellowish white without vertical fissures but in A. odoratissima is is blackish and with vertical fissures

3. Flowering A. procera Jul – Sep, A. odoratissima Apr – Jun

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in Mrutunjay- temple area of Kothrud, Pune– June’10;

Albizia procera – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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… , your expertise has prompted me to post these pictures.
Syzygium?

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are you sure. its not that weedy khirkadam, thats all over esp the lake gardens bridge? does this tree have fruits hanging?

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Did not notice pods yet. I am not aware of khirkadam tree. – what is the scientific name of that? I guess this is not black shirish as well as this has a very tall bole before branching, one of the characteristics of white shirish.

Sending some more picture of the tree.
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a close up of the bark.
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i meant Acacia leucophloea

we have case, one where i said khir kadam is this thread

Nevermind. your tree’s leaves and total height and habit are very different. Not an acacia
PS  now lets see what Acacia experts or taxonomists have to say

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I had checked with my keys which directed me to Albizia odoratissima. Now you have to confirm by authentic matching.

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Albizia procera – श्‍वेत शिरीष :

I am a little disturbed. What is the aim of this site? That one goes out with a digital camera anywhere, snaps  pictures of a some flowers, trees or bushes, and uploads them to the site for identification? Is our site only an identification parade?
At the same time it would be interesting to know whether there were the same number of requests for identification before the advent of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY?
Take the case of Albizia. Wikipedia lists not less than 171 varieties of albizia. In addition there were 34 varieties which have now been shifted to other trees. Choose any three varieties adn ask info on this site_ well is the site acting as a research assistant? I am sorry if I am saying something which may not be liked by many of our friends. But what is the objective of this site? i.d and i.d. and i.d.??
Incidentaly albizia procera is tall albizia, probably very common in India, but the more common probably is albizia lebbeck (Kala siris). Kala and Safed is because of the colour of the bark.
Albizzia julibrissin (var. mollis?) which is also known as albizia mollis (lal siris) is pink siris or Persian silk tree. This has the speciality of tolerating very cold weather as well.
Albizia mollis syn. albizia odoratissima var. mollis is Ceylon Rosewood.
I dont know why MOLLIS is a variety of both albizia julibrissin and albizia odoretissima. Maybe because of sililarity of flowers or bark?
But my favourite is the raintree (Albizia saman) with pink powder puff flowers and a spreading lovely crown. Whenever I stayed at Panaji Circuit House, I used to stare at the lovely raintree which   they had at the back of the building. I dont know whether it still survives there.
Sory for my outburst again.

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Several mails on Albizia appeared in the last few days. It is the flowering season of the Albizias, I would have liked to see some photographs, particularly to distinguish one from the other. Some of the species can be distiguished by the stem colour, but not always.
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 appearnce- 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 Albiziz flowers attract a number of birds with pointed beaks, as flower peckers, humming birds.
About two centuries back Alexander von Humboldt in his famous S. America Expedition found a rain tree in Venezuela in which he took
much fascination, It had a crown with circumference slightly less than two hundred meters, and he was told that the plant was 500 years old.
In Bengal village  old labbek trees were once common, but they are becoming rare now.

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Albizzia procera’ tree from Durgwadi, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 5 images.

‘Albizzia procera’ is called ‘Kinai’ ‘किनई’ in Marathi.
Photographed at Durgwadi, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra
Date- 30th Oct 2009.
Please confirm the ID.

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30102019EPT13 : 15 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3)- around 650 kb each.

Respected members presenting for ID

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SK 2950 09 August 2021: 4 very high res. images.

 

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Tree for ID – VAI26122011:

Wow…….. Red-breasted parakeet…. I have never seen this one…. : (Thanks for sharing…..I think they are eating the resins…. they rubit inside on the uppersurface of the beak and then drop it…..Thats the way they eat….

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I am not able to find details of how these parakeets eat bark or resins – could you please send me any links or more information ? I observed that they broke off small bits of bark and then dropped them after chewing.

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I cant see or say they are red breasted parakeets from the three on this tree

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That’s because they are all showing their backs to the camera (I took a wide-angle photo of the tree to show its trunk and leaves)! Here is another image of the same parakeets taken with maximum zoom (500mm):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivijayanand/6574752713/ – you can see more images on my photostream.
I had posted these images to the Oriental Bird Images Database and I have received a query on the species of the tree. If anyone can help me to identify the tree that will be very helpful – if required I can go back to the place where I took the photo and get some more pictures of the tree.

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Just a guess Albizia procera

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I have attached 2 more photos of the tree (fruit and leaves) which I had posted earlier with the same subject line (on which the red-breasted parakeets were feeding). Please help by providing the ID. … has suggested *Albizia procera*- thank you, Sir. This tree appears to be a common species in tea-gardens and grows to a height of about 30-40 feet.

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I think you missed the attachments.

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Albizia procera, I think

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I’m afraid these images have been taken from a distance.

Will get better ones during my next visit.
Acacia?

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