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:''This page is about the tree described by Antonio Durazzini. John Gilbert Baker used the same scientific name to refer to Prain's ''Albizia kalkora'', the ''Mimosa kalkora'' of William Roxburgh. ''Albizia julibrissin'' (Persian silk tree, pink silk tree) is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae, native to southwestern and eastern Asia. The genus is named after the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, who introduced it to Europe in the mid-18th century, and it is sometimes incorrectly spelled ''Albizzia''. The specific epithet ''julibrissin'' is a corruption of the Persian word ''gul-i abrisham'' (گل ابریشم) which means "silk flower" (from ''gul'' گل "flower" + ''abrisham'' ابریشم "silk"). ==Names== ''Albizia julibrissin'' is known by a wide variety of common names, such as Persian silk tree or pink siris. It is also called Lenkoran acacia or bastard tamarind, though it is not too closely related to either genus. The species is usually called "silk tree" or "mimosa" in the United States, which is misleading - the former name can refer to any species of ''Albizia'' which is most common in any one locale. And, although once included in ''Mimosa'', neither is it very close to the Mimoseae. To add to the confusion, several species of ''Acacia'', notably ''Acacia baileyana'' and ''Acacia dealbata'', are also known as "mimosa" (especially in floristry), and many Fabaceae trees with highly divided leaves are called thus in horticulture. Its leaves slowly close during the night and during periods of rain, the leaflets bowing downward; thus its modern Persian name ''shabkhosb'' (شبخسب) means "night sleeper" (from ''shab'' شب "night" and ''-khosb'' خسب "sleeper"). In Japan its common names are ''nemunoki'', ''nemurinoki'' and ''nenenoki'' which all mean "sleeping tree". Nemu tree is a partial translation of ''nemunoki''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albizia julibrissin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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