Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_albizia_lebbeckoides
Indian albizia
Albizia lebbeckoides
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About Indian albizia
Indian albizia (Albizia lebbeckoides) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from mainland Southeast Asia through Malesia to the Philippines and New Guinea, occurring in mixed deciduous and dry evergreen forest, forest margins, streamsides and clearings. Its insect-pollinated flower heads mature into flat pods with hard flattened seeds; as a legume it associates with nitrogen-fixing root symbionts.
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.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Albizia lebbeckoides
- Common names
- Indian albizia · black siris
- Other names
- Albizia lebbeckoides · Indian albizia · black siris
- 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 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
- Indian albizia (Albizia lebbeckoides) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from mainland Southeast Asia through Malesia to the Philippines and New Guinea, occurring in mixed deciduous and dry evergreen forest, forest margins, streamsides and clearings. Its insect-pollinated flower heads mature into flat pods with hard flattened seeds; as a legume it associates with nitrogen-fixing root symbionts.