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  • COMMON NAME: Lebbeck, lebbek tree, flea tree, frywood, koko, Shak Shak Tree and woman's tongue tree.
  • ARABIC: لبخ
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
  • SYNONYMS: Acacia lebbeck, Feuilleea lebbeck, Mimosa lebbeck.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.floraofqatar.com/albizia_lebbeck.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant, highly grazable, fuel and ornamental tree, has medicinal use.
Unarmed large deciduous tree, 2-5 meters high. Stems many branched, leafy. Leaves bi-pinnate, pinnae with 3-10 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet oblong, entire, rounded at the apex, glabrous or sparsely pilose, 2-5cm long, e-3cm wide. Inflorescences on long peducles, round capitula, spike or raceme. Calyx hairy, minute 5-teeth. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed, hairy, 6-10mm long. Stamens numerous, united below. Pod oblong to broadly linear, compressed, not septate. Seeds oval, compressed, brown, up to 1cm long.
Cultivated, fast-growing plant gives excellent shade in streets, gardens and parks.
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