· Albizia lebbek. aka Woman's tongue; for reforesting dry alkaline soil. From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
Down below her in the garden the old lebbek tree rustled stealthily in the stillness. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Beneath the wide-spreading lebbek a low table was laid for luncheon with two wicker chairs beside it. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Around the corner of the lane the horse went racing, and down the dark, lebbek-lined avenue his flying feet struck back their sparks of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
She looked down into a garden, a deep tangle of a garden, presided over by a huge lebbek tree that threw a pall of shadow upon the faintly moving flowers beneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
It was the same garden on which her windows opened; Arlee recognized the huge lebbek tree in the center, the row of acacias, and the palms against the farthest wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
On the west the high mud-banks are crowned with palms and lebbek-trees as far as one can see. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt] Reference
Under the deep shade of lebbek trees it goes on and on, toward the Pyramids, a dark cool avenue, high above cultivated fields flooded by the Nile when the river is "up.". From Wordnik.com. [It Happened in Egypt] Reference
Assuan stretches along the river-bank, its white buildings partly screened by the avenue of palms and lebbek-trees which shade its principal street, while to the north are dense groves of date-palms, past which the Nile sweeps in a splendid curve and is lost to sight among the hills. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt] Reference
Albizzia lebbek, Cassia siamea, Pongamia pinnata, Prosopis juliflora, Syzygium cumin), and Terminalia arjuna; shrubs were Adhatoda vasica and Cassia auriculata. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Albizzia lebbek, and Morus alba. From Wordnik.com. [Indus Valley desert] Reference
Albizia lebbek. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Albizzia lebbek. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 24] Reference
They shed their leaves (either fully or partially) during the dry season and often are composed of tall trees reaching 40-50 m, including Terminalia procera, T. bialata, T. manii, Canarium euphyllum, Ailanthes kurzii, Parishia insignis, Diploknema butyracea, Albizia lebbek, Tetrameles nudiflora, and Pterocymbium tinctorium. From Wordnik.com. [Andaman Islands rain forests] Reference
The characteristic tree association is Hardwickia binata-Albizia amara woodland with Tectona grandis, Boswellia serrata, Lannea coromandelica, Anogeissus latifolia, Albizia lebbek, Lagerstroemia parvifolia, Diospyros tomentosa, and Acacia catechu in the northern areas and Pterocarpus santalinus, P. marsupium, Chyloroxylon swietenia, Terminalia chebula, T. tomentosa, Albizia lebbek, and Dalbergia latifolia in the southern areas of the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests] Reference
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