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Taxon:  Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Albizia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
2153
Place of publication:
London J. Bot. 3:89. 1844
Verified:
12/23/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa procera Roxb.

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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. 1936. Root nodule bacteria of some tropical leguminous plants: I. Cross-inoculation studies with Vigna sinensis L. Soil Sci. 42(1):61-77.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  3. Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):244.
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  5. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
  6. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:65-68.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  9. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  10. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  12. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  13. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  15. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  16. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  17. Nasir, S. M. & M. Athar. 1998. Fuelwwod as an anergy source. Phytologia 85:106.
  18. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  19. Nielsen, I. 1979. Notes on the genus Albizia Durazz. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) in Mainland S.E. Asia. Adansonia sér. 2, 19:223.
  20. Nielsen, I. 1985. The Malesian species of Acacia and Albizia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Opera Bot. 81:38.
  21. Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
  22. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  23. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  24. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  25. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Common names
English
black siris –
false lebbeck –
forest siris –
rain siris –
safe siris –
tall albizia –
tee-coma –
white siris –
white siristree –
womens-tongues –
Afrikaans
basterlebbeck –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaCelebes 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMoluccas 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Celebes, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas], Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Fuelspotential as charcoal Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:65-68.
Materialswood Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
Weed  Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2153. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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