What are the morphological characteristics of the Christmas tree?
Christmas tree, also known as fish bone floss, Australian white powder acacia, silver wattle, is a genus of Mimosa family Albizia. Evergreen trees with straight trunks, gray-green or gray bark, yellow flowers, and fragrance. The pods are long ribbon-shaped, 3.5-11 cm long, with dark brown skin and densely tomentose. The seeds are ovoid, black and shiny. The feathers of this species are elegant, and the inflorescence is like golden pompoms. It is very beautiful and can be cultivated for ornamental purposes. It is also an excellent tree species for afforestation, greening, and water and soil conservation in barren hills. The bark contains tannins, which is a high-quality tanning material. It can be used as a street tree or as a solitary planting or cluster planting arrangement in the garden.
It is native to Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania in southeastern Australia. It is cultivated in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other places in China.
Evergreen trees, up to 15 meters in height; even-numbered bipinnate compound leaves, with 5-20 pairs of pinnaes, linear lobules, gray-green, with dark white short hairs. The heads form the axillary racemes; the flowers are yellow. The pods are long, flat, reddish brown. Ornamental characteristics: broad canopy, gorgeous flowers and colors; can be used as a garden shade tree.
