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Lebbeck

Albizia lebbeck

हिन्दी: शिरीष

IUCN: Least Concern
Lebbeck (Albizia lebbeck) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Lebbeck (Albizia lebbeck) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Albizia lebbeck
Hindi name
शिरीष
Family
Fabaceae, order Fabales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A big shady tree whose flowers look like powder puffs.

  • Spot it Feathery leaves, fragrant puff flowers and long papery pods that rattle.
  • Home Roadsides, plains and forests.
  • Food web Bees visit its blossoms, animals browse its leaves, and its roots enrich the soil.
  • Why it matters A nitrogen-fixing tree that heals tired soil, gives shade and fodder, and feeds pollinators with its flowers.

Read more: Albizia lebbeck on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2019, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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