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Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

Reference
London J.Bot. 3:87 (1844)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Deciduous tree, 2.5-30 m high, flowers pedicellate, 15-40 in simple corymbs; leaves bipinnate, concolorous. Fl. green-yellow, Aug to Oct. Sand, clayey sand or lateritic clay, often with basalt. Monsoon forest, vine thickets, savannah woodland, along watercourses.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 October 1998

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mackay, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.