Common Name: woman's tongue
Family: Fabaceae
Common Synonyms: Mimosa lebbeck
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9b-11
Growth Habit: Tree
Origin: Asia
FISC Category: 1
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: 1880s
IFAS Assessment:
Tree to 20 m high. Has a rounded crown with light, pale bark. Twice compound alternate leaves with 2-4 pinnae, with 3-10 leafleats each. Flowers similar to mimosa flowers, bushy, bright, yellow or cream colored clusters at stem tips. Forms linear bean like seedpods up to 30 cm long.
Agricultural areas, coastland, natural forests, planted forests, ruderal/disturbed, scrub/shrublands, urban areas
Tolerates coastal salt spray
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Langeland, K. A. and K. Craddock Burks. 1998. Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas, Gainesville: University of Florida.
FLEPPC. 2017. List of Invasive Plant Species. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Internet: http://www.fleppc.org/list/list.htm
Dave's Garden. PlantFiles: woman's tongue, Albizia lebbeck. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2051/#b. Accessed June 12, 2017.
EDDMapS. Species Information: woman's tongue, Albizia lebbeck. http://www.eddmaps.org/Species/subject.cfm?sub=5060#resources. Accessed June 12, 2017.