Silktree

Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. Mag. To.sc. 3: 11. 1772
Mimosa Julibrissin Scop. Delic. 18. 1786. Acacia Julibrissin Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1065. 1806. Sericandra Julibrissin Raf. Sylva Tell. 119. 1838. Feuilleea Julibrissin Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A tree with ma.vimum height of about 12 m., the twigs and foliage glabrous or puberulent. Petioles 3-10 cm. long, bearing an orbicular gland near the base; pinnae 4-12 pairs; leaflets 20-40 pairs, oblong or linear-oblong, 9-15 mm. long, subchartaceous, dull green above, pale beneath, the base subtruncate or obtuse, the apex mucronate, the midvein close to the upper margin; pedimcles slender, clustered or racemose, 3-5 cm. long; flowers capitate, sessile; calyx about 3 mm. long; coroUa 6-8 mm. long, pink, its lobes ovate; stamens red, the tube much shorter than the corolla; legume broadly linear, 10-15 cm. long, 2-2.5 era. wide, glabrous, sometimes narrowed between the brown oval seeds, indehiscent, attenuate at each end.
Type i,ocality: Orient.
Distribution : Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Native of Asia.