| Scientific Name: | Albizia julibrissin |
| Common Name: | silk tree, mimosa |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Even-pinnate, Bipinnate, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Pink, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves bi-pinnately compound, light to mid-green, sickle-cell leaflets, fern-like; flower <4cm long, in terminal clusters, stamens numerous, long, silky, pink filaments arising from a white tube enclosing ovary, Aug-Sept; fruit strap-like, flat brown pod, up to 20cm long. | |