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Albizia julibrissin is a deciduous tree with
gray-brown bark, typically found in riverbanks or wastelands in
rural areas. Phyllotaxis being alternate, leaves are of a bipinnate
compound, 20-30cm long, with 7-12 pairs of opposite laminae with
15-30 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets measure 1-1.7cm long and 4-6mm
wide. As nights set in, the leaves hang, and the leaflets close as
in sleep. Flowers, 10-20 in number, light red, put themselves on
branch ends in a headway. Petals are connate from the base to
halfway up, forming a funnel-shaped layout. Stamens are numerous,
3-4cm long, and protrude prominently from the flowers. Bloom time:
June-July. |