Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra
About Albizia lebbeck Plant :
Habit : A large tree with a general bluish appearance, unarmed, deciduous, bark pale.
Stem : Erect, cylindrical, branched, solid.
Leaves : Bipinnate, main rachis with a large gland on the petiole near the base and one below the highest pair of pinnae, pinnae 2 - 4 pairs; leaflets 5 - 9 pairs.
Inflorescence : Heads
Flowers :
White, fragrant, heads umbellate, from the upper leaf axils, solitary or fasciculate.
Filaments exserted, connate below into a short tube.
Fruits : Pods 10 - 25 cm long, 3 - 5 cm broad, thin, flat, straight, straw - coloured when old, glabrous and shining.