Albizia lebbeck (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

• Acacia speciosa (Jacq.) Willd.,
• Inga leucoxylon Hassk.

• East Indian walnut, lebbek, siris tree (En).
• Kokko (En, Fr)
• Indonesia: ki toke, tarisi (Sundanese), tekik (Javanese)
• Malaysia: oriang (Peninsular)
• Philippines: langil (Tagalog). Burma (Myanmar): kokko
• Cambodia: chres, kokko
• Laos: ka 'sê
• Thailand: cha kham (northern), phruek, suek (central)
• Vietnam: hợp hoan, sóng rận.

Probably native to tropical mainland Asia and East Africa, but now cultivated throughout the tropics and throughout Malesia; naturalized in many areas with a seasonal climate.