Talk:Albizia julibrissin

Suggestions
Very good article, however i think there are some small problems you should address, in the article, you comment on the height of the plant, measuring in stories, it would be best to use feet in this case. Also you wrote that the plant is of decidious kind, which doenst make alot of sense. You can say something along the lines that it has decidious leaves, which fall off in the fall. Also I think something along the lines of economic value, or how the plant has been used throughout the centuries would be helpful too. Good luck. Eric Cohen


 * Interesting article with great in-depth analysis and good explanation of how the tree got its name. It is to short and is missing some key ideas.


 * Here are some underlying characteristics of the tree. Fast growing, 20 to 40 feet tall (6 to 12 m), 40 feet spread, with arching shape; fern-like foliage use this to help in the description of the tree and to illustrate how massive it is. “The petals do not show very much from the distance, and the stamens that look like long threads are white pink or red pink on the tops and the bottom parts of the stamens are white.” I understand and can visualize what the petals and stamens look like, but the wording makes it more confusing. Maybe use a different approach especially for the petals. Try using this web site for more information. Good luck, Josh Zemel


 * http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/albizia.html


 * I added the information about the kind of flower. Thank you to my teacher.
 * I added explanation about decidious tree. I will look for the usage of this tree, too. Thank you, Mr.Eric Cohen.
 * Thank you Mr.Josh Zemel for the link, and I will check with writing center in college for describing the flower. Sayako


 * July 28 2005. I added more information. Thank you to someone who contribute the information about the Persian name for this flower.


 * Thank you to user Zeimusu.


 * Hello, I saw the history of the Silk Tree page that I have been working on these days. I noticed that you helped me for my grammar, links, picture, and so on. Thank you very much. It was a great help since my college's writing center provides only 15 min for each students, and it's just not enough to go through my grammars. So I appreciate very much for your help.- Sayako july 31 2005

Persian silk tree?
I'm trying to figure out why this article is titled "Persian silk tree" when that seems to be a rather minor common name compared to simply "silk tree" (and of course in the U.S.A. it's "mimosa"!), particularly wen the species is native to much of Asia outside Persia.
 * I think it is better to move the whole page, using the scientific name as title. The common names can be used as redirects to the scientific name. JoJan 16:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. MrDarwin 17:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Moved to Albizia julibrissin, while taking care of double redericts JoJan 18:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * "Silk Tree" is the English name for the most common Albizia species in any specific locale. Particularly A. multiflora is also called thus. It is (like "siris") a name that can be used for the genus as a whoile, but it is not an unambiguous term to properly denote one particular species. Of course, in the northern US, there is no other species of Albizia than A. julibrissin, which explains the confusion. But e.g. in S Asia, Australia, etc any Albizia can be "the" silk tree.
 * Editors are advised to take note of this, it's a very common occurrence when there is only one single species from an entire group occurring in some place. "Common Silk Tree" is another minor vernacular name; it follows the usual way biologists deal with such problems, which is to add "Common" or a regional notifier. For example the plant we sometimes call "pipevine" or "birthwort" in Europe is not the same species called thus in North America but simply the only European Aristolochia. Hence it is also called "European Birthwort" or similar (and A. tagala is "Indian Birthwort", etc). Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 14:05, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Wonderful article
Thank you for a very informative history of the Persian Silk Tree. I appreciated the links provided, which allowed me to confirm the Genus of my tree. My tree is about 12 feet from the foundation of my house, but it is so beautiful I have left it to grow. It was a spontaneous upstart. I was wondering if you had information on possible problems from root damage.

cpoloyni@sbcglobal.net
 * I can only second that. A nice, well-rounded article it is. Brief, but covers all the essentials one could think of. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 14:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Redirect
It might be a good idea to include a redirect/disambig/or just a link from the "mimosa" article to here. I know i spent a good bit of time looking at the mimosa related articles trying to find this plant before I gave up and just googled "mimosa". It's just really confusing since it's colliqualy called mimosa in the USA and it's also similar in apperance to the actual mimosas. Good article, but no one's going to find it if they're looking for information on what we call here "mimosas". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.7.17.3 (talk) 20:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

New photos
I recently uploaded some new images of an Albizia julibrissin, below. Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 21:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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Farsi or Turkish?
In Farsi (Persian) گل ابریشم means Caesalpinia (cnf گل ابریشم on Persian Wikipedia), while the Turkish name for Albizia julibrissin is gülibrişim (cnf gülibrişim on Turkish Wikipedia). --Episcophagus (talk) 16:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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