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:"Mimosa speciosa"'' redirects here. As described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin this refers to ''Albizia lebbeck''. The ''Mimosa speciosa'' of Carl Peter Thunberg, however, is ''Albizia julibrissin''. __NOTOC__ ''Albizia lebbeck'' is a species of ''Albizia'', native to Indomalaya, New Guinea and Northern Australia〔USDA (1994)〕〔Lowry, J.B. & Seebeck, J. 1997 "The Potential for Tropical Agroforestry in Wood and Animal Feed Production". Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Indooroopilly, Queensland〕 and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions. English names for it include lebbeck, lebbek tree, flea tree, frywood, koko and woman's tongues tree. The latter name is a play on the sound the seeds make as they rattle inside the pods. Being one of the most widespread and common species of ''Albizia'' worldwide, it is often simply called "siris" though this name may refer to any locally common member of the genus.〔 It is a tree growing to a height of 18–30 m tall with a trunk 50 cm to 1 m in diameter. The leaves are bipinnate, 7.5–15 cm long, with one to four pairs of pinnae, each pinna with 6–18 leaflets. The flowers are white, with numerous 2.5–3.8 cm long stamens, and very fragrant. The fruit is a pod 15–30 cm long and 2.5-5.0 cm broad, containing six to twelve seeds.〔Ali (1973)〕 == Uses == Its uses include environmental management, forage, medicine and wood. It is cultivated as a shade tree in North and South America.〔ILDIS (2005)〕 In India and Pakistan, the tree is used to produce timber. Wood from ''Albizia lebbeck'' has a density of 0.55-0.66 g/cm3 or higher.〔Brown (1997)〕 Even where it is not native, some indigenous herbivores are liable to utilize lebbeck as a food resource. For example, the greater rhea (''Rhea americana'') has been observed feeding on it in the cerrado of Brazil.〔Schetini de Azevedo ''et al.'' (2006)〕 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 lebbeck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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