Albizia distachya

 

Subject: Re: Albizia distachya
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:20 AM

Barry, I see that this one has been around for a while but the albizia you
ask  about is native to my neck of the woods here in SW Western Australia.
The taxonomists have been at work, hence my confusion.........it is now
called Albizia [with one z] lophantha, syn.Paraserianthes
lophantha....................don't you just love it?
It is a small shrub like tree up to 8m with cream flowers in winter. Very
fast growing, but short lived, like many wattles. Not as adapted to drought
as many wattles, so may not have such high weed potential in dryer areas,
but it has become weedy in S Africa.
Re. propagation................scarify seed by heat or nicking or whatever
is your favourite method.
Cheers from W Australia!
Margaret.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Garcia <B*@monterey.edu>
To: <m*@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: Albizia distachya


> Hello all,
>        Today i gathered the seeds from an Albizia distachya i saw growing
> right up against and abandoned building today on Ft. Ord. I'm wondering,
> what are the requirements for the seeds to get them to germinate? I've
> seen maybe three of these plants naturalized around here (one seems to
> have upped and died), and they dont seem to go wild like the Acacias can
> and so. But, i'm mostly interested in the plant for the leaves (a nice
> dark green color).
>
> Thanks for the help
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> This ain't a yes, this ain't a no, just do your thang, we'll see how it
> goes
>
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