Thread: Albizia?

agree with you, from the leaf it does look like an Albizzia species

You sure its not the Pink Mimosa / Persian Silk Tree - Albizia julibrissin It has a recorded occurrence in the Cairns region.

Albizia julibrissin : Pink Mimosa | Atlas of Living Australia (ala.org.au)

Possibly,

Albizia sp. Windsor Tableland (B.Gray 2181)

Factsheet - Albizia sp. Windsor Tableland (B.Gray 2181) (anbg.gov.au)

or

Albizia sp. Sir Charles Hardy Is (B.Hyland 25849RFK)

Factsheet - Albizia sp. Sir Charles Hardy Is (B.Hyland 25849RFK) (anbg.gov.au)

I think I have the culprit, Mackay Cedar???? Falcataria toona / Albizia toona / Paraserianthes toona

Falcataria toona | Atlas of Living Australia (ala.org.au)

The bark & leaves look a bit like Leucaena, but I have no sense of scale from a picture so could be way off the mark. Leucaena is in the legume family & does well on impoverished soil. The bl**dy things are all around my place & threatening to take us over. I cut down the one that was actually on my land, it was a fair-sized tree about the size of the tree in your pic. The heartwood was mid-brown & dense, fairly easy to work & turned well, but it had quite wide sapwood, which borers absolutely love, the only wood I've had that was worse was some Pecan - that stuff must taste like chocolate to borers!

If it is an Albizia, be cautious, they are notorious sensitisers. You'll be unlikely to have any problems on first exposure, but subsequent exposure to its dust can be rather unpleasant....
Cheers,

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

I think I have the culprit, Mackay Cedar???? Falcataria toona / Albizia toona / Paraserianthes toona

Falcataria toona | Atlas of Living Australia (ala.org.au)

Hmmmm...the leaf looks identical Mobyturns
Might well be it
Log Dog

Originally Posted by Log Dog

Hmmmm...the leaf looks identical Mobyturns
Might well be it
Log Dog

I've never seen a standing tree, only the handiwork of a saw miller. Is it from the same area as the Kapok tree?

The leaves look the same as the Mackay Cedars growing on my place.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

I've never seen a standing tree, only the handiwork of a saw miller. Is it from the same area as the Kapok tree?

Yep it's from the same area
Log Dog