Albizia julibrissin

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Albizia julibrissin

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wild or cultivated


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Asia and tropical Africa. The aromatic leaves are used by the Chinese as food[1]. The leaves are said to be edible[2]. The tree is called nemu in Japan[3].

  1. Bretschneider Bot. Sin. 52. 1882. (Acacia julibrissin)
  2. Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China 2. 1871.
  3. Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pls. 2:420. 1820. (Acacia nemu)
Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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