Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_albizia_chinensis
Chinese albizia
Albizia chinensis
Open this record in the interactive Atlas
About Chinese albizia
Chinese albizia (Albizia chinensis) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from southern China through the Indian subcontinent and tropical Southeast Asia; associated with wet tropical or monsoon forest, forest margins, secondary woodland and open slopes.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 14 plants under Albizia chinensis across 1 entries dated 1943. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Albizia chinensis
- Common names
- Chinese albizia · Chinese silk tree · siran
- Other names
- Albizia chinensis · Chinese albizia · Chinese silk tree · siran · Mimosa chinensis · Albizia stipulata
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody deciduous to semi-evergreen tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Chinese albizia (Albizia chinensis) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from southern China through the Indian subcontinent and tropical Southeast Asia; associated with wet tropical or monsoon forest, forest margins, secondary woodland and open slopes.