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Also called Persian silk tree and pink silk tree.
Part of silk tree genus Albizia in 🥜︎ legume / bean / pea family Fabaceae in order Fabales.
Native to southwestern and eastern Asia. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key). Invasive > 🌐︎ global Invasive > 🌐︎ various Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Control and Alternatives (Maryland). (page 3)
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Like most legumes, this plant cooperates with a bacterium that fixes atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants and animals.That allows these plants to:outcompete non-nitrogen-fixing plants in poorer soils, and/orhave seeds and foliage with more protein.This makes their seeds and foliage more nutritious to plant-eaters. And growing these plants may improve the quality of worn-out farmland and disturbed soils.
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🌿︎ compound 🥜︎ legume / bean / pea branches family Fabaceae