Lebbeck
ಸಿರಿಸशिरीषவாகை
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 15 m
Fabaceae
Also called Woman's tongue, Lebbeck Tree, Siris Tree
Formerly Acacia lebbeck, Acacia sirissa, Acacia speciosa, Albizia latifolia, and 8 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian Subcontinent to MyanmarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 15 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 15 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Acacia amarilla, Acacia blanca, Chachá
- root
- Bonara, Benoa, xka chakte' koox
- Portuguese
- Albízia
- Chinese
- 大葉合歡, 合欢皮, 大叶合欢皮
- Russian
- Альбиция леббек
- Finnish
- valkoalbitsia
- Hebrew
- אלביציה צהובה
- Arabic
- لبخ, لسان المرأة
- Japanese
- ビルマゴウカン
- Chinese (China)
- 大叶合欢, 阔荚合欢
- French
- Bois noir des Bas, chacha, langue de vieilles femmes
- Swedish
- kokko
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Albizia lebbeck (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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