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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Albizia lebbeck''
| image = Albizia lebbeck.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Mimosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Albizia]]''
| species = '''''A. lebbeck'''''
| binomial = ''Albizia lebbeck''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]])[[Benth.]]
| synonyms =
* ''Acacia lebbeck'' (L.) [[Willd.]]
* ''Acacia macrophylla'' [[Alexander G. von Bunge|Bunge]]
* ''Albizia lebbek sensu auct.''
* ''Feuilleea lebbeck'' (L.) [[Kuntze]] 
* ''Mimosa lebbeck'' L. 
* ''Mimosa speciosa'' [[Jacq.]]
* ''Pithecellobium splitgerberianum'' [[Miq.]]<ref>[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~184&genus~Albizia&species~lebbeck ILDIS LegumeWeb]</ref>
}}

'''''Albizia lebbeck''''' is a species of ''[[Albizia]]'', native to tropical southern [[Asia]], and widely cultivated and [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in other tropical and subtropical regions. English names for it include '''Lebbeck''', '''Lebbek Tree''', '''Frywood''', '''Siris''', '''Koko''', and '''Woman's-tongue-tree'''.<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2140 ''Albizia lebbeck'']</ref>

It is a [[tree]] growing to a height of 18-30 m tall with a trunk 50 cm to 1 m in diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are bipinnate, 7.5–15 cm long, with one to four pairs of pinnae, each pinna with 6–18 leaflets. The [[flower]]s are white, with numerous 2.5–3.8 cm long stamens, and very fragrant. The [[fruit]] is a [[legume|pod]] 15-30 cm long and 2.5-5.0 cm broad, containing six to twelve [[seed]]s.<ref name=fp>Flora of Pakistan: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200011877 ''Albizia lebbeck'']</ref>

== Uses ==
Its uses include environmental management, [[forage]], medicine and wood.
It is cultivated as a shade tree in [[North America|North]] and [[South America]].<ref>[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/184.shtml ILDIS LegumeWeb]</ref>  In India, the tree is used to produce [[timber]]. The bark is used medicinally to treat [[inflammation]].<ref>[http://www.fao.org/ag/agP/agpc/doc/Publicat/Gutt-shel/x5556e0a.htm#other%20uses FAO]</ref>

===Traditional medicine===
The tree is used as an [[astringent]], to treat boils, [[cough]], to treat the [[eye]], [[flu]], [[gingivitis]], [[lung]] problems, pectoral problems, is used as a tonic, and is used to treat abdominal [[tumor]]s.<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl Dr. Duke's] Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases</ref>  Albizia lebbeck is also [[psychoactive]].<ref name="enzyk">Index of Rätsch, Christian. Enzyklopädie der psychoaktiven Pflanzen, Botanik, Ethnopharmakologie und Anwendungen, 7. Auflage. AT Verlag, 2004, 941 Seiten. ISBN 3855025703 at [http://www.deutschesfachbuch.de/info/detail.php?isbn=3855025703&part=4&word=]</ref>

===Wood===
Wood from ''Albizia lebbeck'' has a density of 0.55-0.66 g/cm<sup>3</sup> or higher.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4095E/w4095e0c.htm FAO]</ref>

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Image:Albizia lebbek flower.png|Flower
Image:Albizia lebbeck habit.jpg|Habit
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