Plant Profile

Albizia lebbeck (Woman's Tongue, Siris Tree)

The women tongue tree is a medium size tree reaching 15-20 m in height with a spreading canopy. The name came from the jingle sound of the seeds inside the pods when it shakes. The tree is very widespread in the Arabic peninsula due to its high tolerance of drought, heat and salt. The flowers are white and very fragrant. The plant is fully but briefly deciduous in the dry season. 

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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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