Albizia lebbeck, koko, fry wood, lebbek tree, lebbek, siris tree, lebbekboom

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Albizia lebbeck is one of several species which is found in various tropical regions with monsoon climates. Primarily it is distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of India, Myanmar, Andaman Island, Asia, Africa and Northern Australia. It grows in various climates with annual rainfall ranging from 600 to 2500 mm and also successfully grown in area with rainfall 400 mm. It is found up to 1600 m in the Himalayan Valleys. This species is adaptable to wide ranges of soil types from acidic soils to alkaline & saline, eroded soils. The optimal temperature required for growth is from 19°C to 35°C.

Albizia lebbeck grows to the height of 18-30 m with a trunk of 50 cm to 1 m in diameter. The tree has dark brown to greenish-black, rough having longitudinal or transverse fissures on the outer surface and the inner surface is whitish with fine longitudinal stations. The heartwood is dark brown marked with dark and white shades and the sapwood is white or yellowish-white. Leaves are bipinnate having 8 to 18 leaflets. Flowers are greenish-yellow and stalked. The flowering and fruiting starts from April to June.

Leaves have tremendous medicinal and nutritional value. Leaves possess saponin, cardiac glycoside, and tannin. It acts as an astringent and is used for boils, coughs, flu, lung problems and gingivitis. The bark is used for treating infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">inflammation and fish poison.

Name	Albizia
Scientific Name	Albizia lebbeck
Native	Native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia and widely planted in throughout the tropics
Common/English Name	East Indian walnut, koko, fry wood, lebbek tree, lebbek, siris tree, lebbekboom, women’s tongue tree, ebano oriental, lingua de mulher, coraçao de negro, lingua de sogra
Name in Other Languages	Afrikaans: lebbekboom; Arabic: dign el basha, daqn el basha, tukhme siris (توكهم سيريس), lebekh (labakh) (لَبَخ ), lebekh lahmar ( لبخ احمر); Assamese: kothia koroi, siris; Bengali: shirish (শিরীষ), sirish; Burmese: anya-koko, mai- kokko, kokko, tama-kai, zo-fek; Carolinian: schepil kalaskas; Chamorro: kalaskas, trongkon kalaskas, mamis, trongkon-mames, tronkon mames; Chinese: kuo jia he huan (阔荚合欢), Dàyè héhuān (大葉合歡); Chinese: kuo jia he huan; Danish: tibettræ; English: Woman’s tongue, Broome raintree, Ebano-oriental, Indian siris, Rain Tree; Fijian: vaivai ni vavalagi, vaivai, vaivai ni vavalangi; French: acacia d’égypte, ebénier d’orient, bois noir, faux mendoravina, vieille fille; German: lebachbaum, andamanen-koko, ostindischer nußbaum; Gujarati: shirish (શિરીષ); Hebrew: אלביציה צהובה; Hindi: kalio siras, charas, sarasa (saras) (सरस), siris (सिरिस), śirīṣa (sirisa, shirish) (शिरीष); Italian: albizia Indiana; Japanese: biruma nemu (ビルマネム), biruma goukan (ビルマゴウカン); Kannada: sirisa (ಸಿರೀಸ); Khmer: chreh; Laotian: kar sae, ka’sê, ka sae, mai thone; Malagasy: fany, bonara; Malay: batai batu, batai, kitoke, oriang, kungkur, tarisi, tekik; Malayalam: chelinge, nemnēnivāka, kattuvaka, nenneni, nenmeenivaaka (നെന്മേനി വാക), വാക (vaaka vaka); Mangarevan: paina; Maori (Cook Islands): ‘arapitia; Marathi: shiras (शिरस), shirish (शिरीष); Myanmar: anya-kokk, kokko; Nepalese: kalo siris (कालो शिरीष); Oriya: tiniya, thingri; Portuguese: coração-de-negro, língua-de-mulher, ébano-oriental, língua-de-sogra; Russian: al’bitsiia lebbek (альбиция леббек), mimoza lebbek (мимоза леббек), shirisha (шириша);. Samoan: tamaligi; Sanskrit: andhula (अंधुल), bhandika, barhapushpa, bhaṇḍī (भंडी), bhaṇḍīra (bhandira) (भंडीर), dalāḍhaka (daladhaka) (दलाढक), kālā sirasa (kala sirasa) (काला सिरस), kaliṅga (कलिंग), kapītana (कपीतन), karṇapūra (karnapura) (कर्णपूर), madhupuṣpa (मधुपुष्प), mūrdhapuṣpa (murdhapushpa) (मूर्धपुष्प), (mr̥dupuṣpa) mridupushpa (मृदुपुष्प), (lōmaśa puṣpa) lomasha pushpa (लोमश पुष्प), plavaga (प्लवग), pratyaṅgirā (pratyangira) (प्रत्यंगिरा), saptabhadra (सप्तभद्र), śirīṣa (shirisha) (शिरीष), sirīsa (सिरीस), śuka druma (शुक द्रुम), (śuka puṣpa) shuka pushpa (शुक पुष्प), śyāma sundara (shyama sundara) (श्याम सुंदर ), svarṇapuṣpaka (svarnapushpaka) (स्वर्णपुष्पक), vipra (विप्र); Sinhalese: suriya mara, mara, vakai siridam ; Spanish: acacia chachá, algarroba de olor, amor plantónico, aroma fracesca, cabellos de ángel, baile de caballero, canjuro, lengua viperina, lengua de mujer, mata-rato; Sundanese: tarisi, kitoke; Tagalog: langil, aninapala; Tahitian: amurumura; Tamil: adukkavagai, kona, atukkuvakai, nattu vahai, vagai (வாகை), vaivai ni vavalagi, vageri, vakai, vel venkai (வெள்வேங்கை); Telugu: baagichettu, dirisanamu, billa vaara, dorisena (దోరిసెన), peddadirisanamu; Thai: dtôn pá yaa gà bùk ต้นพญากะบุก (ต้นพะยากะบุก), kagoh (คะโก), ka seu (กะ ซึก), ma kaam kohk (มะขามโคก), marum pa ( มะรุมป่า), préuk (phruek) (พฤกษ์); Tongan: kāsia; Urdu: saras (سرس), sareenh (سرینھ); Vietnamese: lim xanh, bô kêt tây, trât; Yapese: ngumormingobchey, gumorningabchey
Plant Growth Habit	Deciduous, unarmed tree
Plant Size	20 m (65 ft) tall
Bark	Rough, gray-brown
Leaf	Bipinnate
Flowering Season	September to October
Flower	5-6 cm (2-2.5 in) across, cream or yellowish-white
Pod shape & size	Narrow-oblong, 15-26 x 3-5 cm
Pod color	Pale straw to light brown
Seed	Brown, flat, orbicular or elliptic, 8-10 x 6-7 mm

Plant description

Albizia lebbeck is an unarmed and deciduous tree which is 20 m (65 ft.) tall with round, spreading or umbrella-shaped crown and pale grey to dark brown, rough and irregularly cracked bark. Leaves are alternate with 2 to 5 pairs of pinnae. Each pinna has 3-10 pairs of leaflets which are elliptic to oblong, asymmetrical at base, dull green above, paler green below and about 2-4 cm (1-2 in) long. Flowers are showy and rounded clusters near stem tips, cream or yellowish-white and 5-6 cm (2-2.5 in) across. Each flower has long and numerous stamens. Flowers are followed by flat and linear pod about 30 cm (1 ft) long with numerous seeds.

Health Benefits of Albizia lebbeck

Curtails anxiety and stress

Albizia lebbeck has active components such as isoquercetin, quercetin, polyphenols and saponins that have strong impact on hormonal and nervous system in the human body. As a mild sedative, it wipes out the feelings of anxiety and stress. Albizia is helpful for people with chronic stress hormones in the body as it relaxes the mind.

Helps with depression symptoms

Albizia lebbeck promotes mood by rebalancing hormones in the body and soothes nervous system that complicates the hormone levels. It is helpful for people with feelings of suicidal tendencies, experiencing irrational anger or thoughts. In ancient medicinal cultures, this herb assist the one to get peace.

Sound sleep

A decoction made with Albizia lebbeck is helpful for people with insomnia or sleeplessness. Besides soothing mind and nerves, it calms the body and provides long lasting and restful sleep.

Respiratory ailments

Albizia lebbeck helps the people with allergies, asthma and chronic respiratory conditions by reducing infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">inflammation in sinuses and tracts. It also lowers the impulse to cough or wheeze. It enhance respiratory health and speeds up recovery time.

Acts as antioxidant

Antioxidants present in Albizia lebbeck helps to eliminate free radicals in the body by scavenging harmful byproducts before mutation of cells or causing health problems.

Healthy skin

Its bark and leaves possess antioxidant properties that acts outside the body and prevents cutaneous conditions such as blemishes, rashes, psoriasis, acne and wounds due to its antioxidant and infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">inflammation, pain, or swelling. সহজ বাংলা: প্রদাহ/ফোলা/ব্যথা কমায়।" data-rx-term="anti-inflammatory" data-rx-definition="Anti-inflammatory means reducing inflammation, pain, or swelling. সহজ বাংলা: প্রদাহ/ফোলা/ব্যথা কমায়।">anti-inflammatory properties that soothes the affected areas and lowers the appearance of irritation and blemishes.

Digestive health

Powdered Albizia lebbeck helps people with gastrointestinal problems. It binds water and food material by speeding up digestion process and keeps bowel movements regular.

Traditional uses

Bark is used as the treatment for boils and dysentery.
Seeds and leaves are helpful of ophthalmia.
In India, leaves are used for night blindness; bark is used for dysentery and diarrhea; flowers are used for swellings, carbuncles, boils; seeds are used for diarrhea, piles and gonorrhea and roots are used for spongy and ulcerated gums.
In Indo-China, seeds and bark are used for diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhoids; flowers are applied as poultice to boils.
Take it internally for piles.
Seeds powder is used for treating scrofula.
Use it to treat ringworms or wounds (wash the affected areas), bronchitis, leucorrhoea, helmenth infection, paralysis, leprosy and other genital diseases.
The whole part is used to treat bites or stings from venomous animals.
Leaves are used for ulcer, syphilis, cough, cold and respiratory problems.
Bark is helpful to cure blood diseases, excessive perspiration, leucoderma, bronchitis, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">inflammation, toothache and strengthen gums or teeth.
Roots are used to alleviate spasms and vitalize the cardiovascular system.
Apply the seed oil topically to cure leucoderma.
Use the seeds to cure diarrhea, piles and scrofulous swellings.
For skin problems and blood purification, mash 10 gm of Albizia lebbeck bark in 200 ml of water (soak it overnight) and filter it and drink this water to eliminate toxins from the body.
For eye problems, grind Albizia lebbeck leaves and using the cloth tie it on the affected area. Let it remain for a few minutes.
To treat ear pain, extract the juice of Albizia lebbeck leaves and put few drops in ear.
Mix the Albizia lebbeck leaves (fried in ghee) with honey and take it as a cure for cough.
Take ½ gram of Albizia lebbeck seeds for dysentery and diarrhea.
For piles, apply the ground Albizia lebbeck seeds to the affected area. It helps to dry warts in piles.
Boil 200 ml of water with 10 gm of Albizia lebbeck bark till the volume reduces to one-fourth. tendon. সহজ বাংলা: মাংসপেশি/টেনডনে টান।" data-rx-term="strain" data-rx-definition="A strain is injury to a muscle or tendon. সহজ বাংলা: মাংসপেশি/টেনডনে টান।">Strain it and drink for liver-associated problems and ascites.
Grind Albizia lebbeck leaves and mixes it with honey and water. Drink this solution to treat urinary problems.
Mix the Albizia lebbeck flower juice with black pepper and juice. Use this decoction for nasal instillation or oral medication for snake bites.
The fragrance of flowers treats pain, nausea, or light sensitivity. সহজ বাংলা: বারবার হওয়া বিশেষ ধরনের মাথাব্যথা।" data-rx-term="migraine" data-rx-definition="Migraine is a recurring headache disorder often with throbbing pain, nausea, or light sensitivity. সহজ বাংলা: বারবার হওয়া বিশেষ ধরনের মাথাব্যথা।">migraine and headaches.
Leaves and flower juice is used to eliminate intestinal worms.

Dosage

Bark: 5-7 g
Seed: 1-2 g
Leaves: 12 g

Precautions

Consult the health practitioner before using the herb to treat any health ailments.
Pregnant women should avoid this herb as it has blood circulating effects.

References

Safety note: This is not a prescription or diagnosis. For severe symptoms, pregnancy danger signs, children with serious illness, chest pain, breathing difficulty, stroke-like weakness, or major injury, seek urgent care.

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What to tell the doctor

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Bring one family member if the patient is weak, elderly, confused, or a child.

Questions to ask

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Which tests are necessary now, and which can wait?
How should I take medicines safely and what side effects should I watch for?
When should I come for follow-up?

Tests to discuss

Vital signs: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation
Basic physical examination by a clinician
CBC, urine test, blood sugar, or imaging only when clinically needed

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Do not hide pregnancy, kidney disease, ulcer, allergy, or blood thinner use.
Do not delay emergency care when danger signs are present.

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Safe first steps

Avoid heavy lifting, sudden bending, and prolonged bed rest.
Use comfortable posture and gentle movement as tolerated.
Discuss physiotherapy, X-ray, or MRI only when clinically needed.

OTC medicine safety

For mild back pain, pain-relief medicine may be discussed with a doctor or pharmacist.
Avoid repeated painkiller use if you have kidney disease, stomach ulcer, uncontrolled blood pressure, or are taking blood thinners.

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Back pain with leg weakness, numbness around private area, loss of urine/stool control, fever, cancer history, or major injury needs urgent care.

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Basic vital signs: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen level if needed
Relevant blood, urine, imaging, or specialist tests only after clinical assessment

Questions to ask

What is the most likely cause of my symptoms?
Which warning signs mean I should go to emergency care?
Which tests are really needed now?
Which medicines are safe for my age, pregnancy status, allergy, kidney/liver/stomach condition, and current medicines?

Emergency warning signs such as chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, sudden weakness, confusion, severe dehydration, major injury, or loss of bladder/bowel control need urgent medical care. Do not wait for online information.

Go to emergency care if you notice:

Severe or rapidly worsening symptoms
Breathing difficulty, chest pain, fainting, confusion, severe weakness, major injury, or severe dehydration

Doctor / service to discuss: Qualified healthcare provider; specialist depends on symptoms and examination.

Step 1
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Step 2
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Write when symptoms started, severity, medicines already taken, allergies, pregnancy status, and test results.
Step 3
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A doctor, nurse, or qualified healthcare provider can examine you and decide which tests or treatment are needed.
Step 4
Do only useful tests
Do tests after clinical assessment. Avoid unnecessary tests, random antibiotics, or repeated medicines without diagnosis.
Step 5
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If symptoms worsen, new warning signs appear, or treatment is not helping, return for review quickly.

Rural patient practical tips

Take a written symptom diary and all previous prescriptions/test reports.
Do not hide medicines already taken, even herbal or over-the-counter medicines.
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