Albert III was the duke of Saxony, founder of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin, and marshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Albert was the son of Frederick II, elector of Saxony. When he was 12 years of age, he and his brother Ernest were abducted by their father’s enemy, the Saxon noble Kunz

St. Albertus Magnus ; canonized December 16, 1931; feast day November 15) was a Dominican bishop and philosopher best known as a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and as a proponent of Aristotelianism at the University of Paris. He established the study of nature as a legitimate science within the

museum: Royal collections: …II at Prague and of Albert V, duke of Bavaria, who from 1563 to 1571 had buildings designed and erected to house his collections in Munich. The collection of the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus was housed at Wawel Castle, Kraków.

Albert II was a German king from 1438, king of Hungary, king of Bohemia, and duke of Luxembourg. As a member of the Habsburg dynasty, he was archduke of Austria from infancy (1404). On the death of his father-in-law, the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund, Albert was crowned king of Hungary (Jan. 1,

Albert VII was a cardinal archduke of Austria who as governor and sovereign prince of the Low Countries (1598–1621) ruled the Spanish Netherlands jointly with his wife, Isabella, infanta of Spain. The son of the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian II and Maria, daughter of Charles V, Albert was educated

Albert Of Saxony was a German scholastic philosopher especially noted for his investigations into physics. He studied at Prague and then at the University of Paris, where he was a master of arts from 1351 to 1362 and rector in 1353. Most probably he is to be identified with the Albert of

Albert Of Saxony was a German scholastic philosopher especially noted for his investigations into physics. He studied at Prague and then at the University of Paris, where he was a master of arts from 1351 to 1362 and rector in 1353. Most probably he is to be identified with the Albert of

Albert Of Saxony was a German scholastic philosopher especially noted for his investigations into physics. He studied at Prague and then at the University of Paris, where he was a master of arts from 1351 to 1362 and rector in 1353. Most probably he is to be identified with the Albert of

lyrebird: Albert’s lyrebird (M. alberti) is a much less showy bird than the superb lyrebird but an equally good mimic. It is rarely seen because its range is restricted to deep rainforest.

Archduke Albert was an able field marshal who distinguished himself in the suppression of the Italian Revolution of 1848 and in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and whose reforms turned the Austrian Army into a modern fighting force after its rout by Prussia. The son of the archduke Charles, who

Carl Albert was an American politician who served as a representative from Oklahoma (1947–77) in the U.S. House of Representatives and as speaker of the House (1971–77). Because of his short stature (5 feet 4 inches [1.62 metres]) and the area of Oklahoma he represented, he was nicknamed the

George VI was the king of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. The second son of the future king George V, the prince served in the Royal Navy (1913–17), the Royal Naval Air Service (1917–19), and the Royal Air Force (1919) and then attended Trinity College, Cambridge (1919–20). On June 3, 1920,

Goldie Hawn: …Beatty), and she costarred with Edward Albert in the 1972 film adaptation of the play Butterflies Are Free.

Eugen d’Albert was a naturalized German composer and piano virtuoso best remembered for his opera Tiefland (1903) and his arrangements and transcriptions of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After receiving his basic musical training in London, where he enjoyed his first triumphs as a pianist,

clarinet: …named for its Brussels maker, Eugène Albert, is a modernization of the earlier 13-key system of the clarinetist-builder Iwan Müller. It is used in German-speaking countries, with a complex accretion of auxiliary keywork but with conservative features in bore, mouthpiece, and reed (the last being smaller and harder than elsewhere)…

Heinrich Albert was a German composer of a famous and popular collection of 170 songs, the most representative examples of German solo song from the early Baroque period. Albert studied composition with his cousin Heinrich Schütz at Dresden. While he attended the University of Leipzig his musical

Lake Albert, northernmost of the lakes in the Western Rift Valley, in east-central Africa, on the border between Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda. In 1864 the lake was first visited by a European, Samuel Baker, who was seeking the sources of the Nile; he named it for Queen Victoria’s consort and

Albert, Prince Consort was the prince consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and father of King Edward VII. Although Albert himself was undeservedly unpopular, the domestic happiness of the royal couple was well known and helped to assure the continuation of the monarchy, which was by no means

Carmelite: …between 1206 and 1214 by St. Albert, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and approved in 1226 by Pope Honorius III. The monks hoped to continue on Mount Carmel the way of life of the prophet Elijah, whom early Christian writers depicted as the founder of monasticism.

cable: …was developed in 1831–34 by Wilhelm Albert, a mining official of Clausthal in the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony. Even when first tried for hauling and hoisting in his mine, it proved so superior to hemp rope in serviceability and cost that its use soon became widespread in European mining.…

Eugène Freyssinet: …in 1930 he completed the Plougastel Bridge across the Elorn River at Brest. With three 612-foot (187-metre) spans, this was the largest reinforced-concrete bridge constructed up to that time.

Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, academically autonomous coeducational institution of higher learning at Freiburg im Breisgau, Ger., financially supported by the state of Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1457 by Archduke Albrecht of Austria and confirmed by the Holy Roman emperor and the pope,

Alberta, most westerly of Canada’s three Prairie Provinces, occupying the continental interior of the western part of the country. To the north the 60th parallel (latitude 60° N) forms its boundary with the Northwest Territories, to the east the 110th meridian (longitude 110° W) forms the boundary

Alberta Basin, large, petroleum-rich sedimentary basin along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in western Canada. It extends from British Columbia through Alberta and Saskatchewan into Manitoba. The basin was formed when the Earth’s crust sank along the continental side of the Rocky Mountains

Canada: The interior plains: …to 650 metres), and the Alberta plain, which is more than 2,500 feet (750 metres). These plains are rolling landscapes of glacial deposits laid over almost horizontal bedrock. In some areas the undulating plains are interspersed with ranges of low hills (glacial moraines) studded with kettle lakes and flat-bottomed, steep-banked…

Canadian provincial flag consisting of a blue field (background) with the provincial coat of arms in the centre. The crest includes (from bottom to top) the typical wheat fields of the province, rough prairie land, foothills, and finally the Rocky Mountains under a blue sky. At the very top of the

University of Alberta, Canadian public university in Edmonton. Opened in 1908, it is one of Canada’s five largest research universities. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in liberal arts, agriculture and forestry, science and engineering, business, law, education, and the health

Domenico Alberti: …arpeggiated, chords known as the Alberti bass.

Alberti Family, wealthy Florentine merchant banking family that was influential in European politics in the second half of the 14th century and notable for its patronage of the arts and beneficence toward the poor. The ascendancy of the Alberti family began with Niccolò di Iacopo di Alberti (d.

Alberti Family, wealthy Florentine merchant banking family that was influential in European politics in the second half of the 14th century and notable for its patronage of the arts and beneficence toward the poor. The ascendancy of the Alberti family began with Niccolò di Iacopo di Alberti (d.

Alberti Family: …struggles against the Albizzi was Antonio (1358–1415), who was prior (1384) and a leading patron of the arts. He maintained the Villa del Paradiso as a centre for artists, writers, and intellectuals before being banished in 1401.

Alberti Family: 1388), the Alberti sought to check the steadily growing ascendancy of the rival Albizzi family. A Guelf leader, Benedetto encouraged and participated in a popular insurrection against the oligarchic Florentine government (July 1378). Although briefly successful, this attempt ultimately failed (1382); Benedetto was exiled several years later.

Domenico Alberti was a Venetian composer whose harpsichord sonatas depend heavily on an accompaniment pattern of broken, or arpeggiated, chords known as the Alberti bass. Alberti studied under the composer Antonio Lotti and was known in Rome as a singer and harpsichordist. Although he probably did

geochronology: Completion of the Phanerozoic time scale: Based on his earlier work, Friedrich August von Alberti identified in 1834 these three distinct lithostratigraphic units, the Bunter Sandstone, the Muschelkalk Limestone, and the Keuper Marls and Clays, as constituting the Trias or Triassic System.

Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of Renaissance art theory. In his personality, works, and breadth of learning, he is considered the prototype of the Renaissance “universal man.” The society and class into which Alberti was born endowed him with the

Alberti Family: …the Alberti family began with Niccolò di Iacopo di Alberti (d. 1377), whose immense success at directing a branch of the family’s bank at Avignon, Fr., then the papal seat, enabled the Alberti to become the almost exclusive banker of the papacy (1362). As codirector of the company (from 1369)…

Rafael Alberti was a Spanish writer of Italian Irish ancestry, regarded as one of the major Spanish poets of the 20th century. Alberti studied art in Madrid and enjoyed some success as a painter before 1923, when he began writing and publishing poems in magazines. His first book of poetry, Marinero

Albertina Museum, art museum in Vienna, known primarily for its compilation of graphic arts. The collection is housed in the Hofburg, or Imperial Palace, and the Künstlerhaus; the latter location is known as Albertina Modern. (Read Sister Wendy’s Britannica essay on art appreciation.) The Albertina

Albertina Museum, art museum in Vienna, known primarily for its compilation of graphic arts. The collection is housed in the Hofburg, or Imperial Palace, and the Künstlerhaus; the latter location is known as Albertina Modern. (Read Sister Wendy’s Britannica essay on art appreciation.) The Albertina

Albertine, fictional character, the mistress of Marcel, narrator of À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27; Remembrance of Things Past, or In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust. She appears in several volumes of the seven-part novel, notably À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (1919; Within a

Wettin Dynasty: …Wettin dynasty into Ernestine and Albertine lines in 1485. The Albertines secured the electorate of Saxony from the Ernestines in 1547. The Ernestines retained thereafter some less important possessions in Thuringia which they constantly subdivided between themselves. Their possessions became known as the Saxon duchies and included Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Eisenach,…

Albertine, fictional character, the mistress of Marcel, narrator of À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27; Remembrance of Things Past, or In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust. She appears in several volumes of the seven-part novel, notably À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (1919; Within a

Mariotto Albertinelli was a painter associated with Fra Bartolommeo, and an artist whose style upheld the principles of the High Renaissance in Florence a decade after its leading exponents had moved to Rome. Albertinelli and Fra Bartolommeo were fellow pupils of Cosimo Rosselli and later painted

Mariotto Albertinelli was a painter associated with Fra Bartolommeo, and an artist whose style upheld the principles of the High Renaissance in Florence a decade after its leading exponents had moved to Rome. Albertinelli and Fra Bartolommeo were fellow pupils of Cosimo Rosselli and later painted

Luigi Albertini was an Italian journalist, an early and outspoken opponent of Fascism, who made the Corriere della Sera (in Milan) one of the most respected and widely read daily newspapers in Europe. As a young man, Albertini lived in London, where he investigated labour conditions and studied the

Albertinum, museum in Dresden, Germany, displaying fine art and national treasures. It is one of several institutions associated with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections). The Albertinum, named for King Albert of Saxony, was built on the foundations of a former

Salamanca: …Plaza Mayor (1729–33; designed by Alberto Churriguera and completed by Andrés García de Quiñones), which was originally intended to serve on occasion as a bullring and which has a surrounding arcade ornamented on two sides with medallions of the kings of Spain and General Franco. There also is the Town…

Gregory VIII was the pope from Oct. 21 to Dec. 17, 1187. A Cistercian of noble birth, he was appointed cardinal (1155–56) by Pope Adrian IV before being elected (October 21) at Ferrara, Romagna, to succeed Pope Urban III. Elected with imperial support, he began reforms in the Curia and for the

Boca Juniors: …Cichero Stadium, which was renamed Alberto J. Armando Stadium in 2000 in honour of a former club president. Fans know it as La Bombonera (“the Chocolate Box”) because of its unusual structure, with curving, steeply banked stands on three sides and one underdeveloped stand on the final side. The ground…

Albertosaurus, (genus Albertosaurus), large carnivorous dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous Period (99.6 million to 65.5 million years ago) found as fossils in North America and eastern Asia. Albertosaurs are an early subgroup of tyrannosaurs, which appear to have evolved from them. In structure and

Bruce Alberts is an American biochemist best known for having served as president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 1993 to 2005. Alberts developed an early interest in science, reading about chemistry and conducting experiments while growing up near Chicago. He earned a bachelor’s

Bruce Alberts is an American biochemist best known for having served as president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 1993 to 2005. Alberts developed an early interest in science, reading about chemistry and conducting experiments while growing up near Chicago. He earned a bachelor’s

Jack Albertson was an American stage, television, and movie actor who was noted for his work in the Broadway plays The Subject Was Roses (1964–66) and The Sunshine Boys (1972–74) and the television series Chico and the Man (1974–78). Born into poverty, Albertson earned a living as a pool hustler

Jack Albertson was an American stage, television, and movie actor who was noted for his work in the Broadway plays The Subject Was Roses (1964–66) and The Sunshine Boys (1972–74) and the television series Chico and the Man (1974–78). Born into poverty, Albertson earned a living as a pool hustler

Théophile Gautier: Albertus, a long narrative about a young painter who falls into the hands of a sorcerer, was published in 1832. At this time he turned from the doctrines of Romanticism and became an advocate of art for art’s sake. The preface to Albertus and the…

New Haven: Albertus Magnus College (1925), and the New Haven campus of Gateway Community-Technical College (1992). Inc. city, 1784; town and city consolidated, 1895. Pop. (2010) 129,779; New Haven–Milford Metro Area, 862,477; (2020) 134,023; New Haven–Milford Metro Area, 864,835.

St. Albertus Magnus ; canonized December 16, 1931; feast day November 15) was a Dominican bishop and philosopher best known as a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and as a proponent of Aristotelianism at the University of Paris. He established the study of nature as a legitimate science within the

Albert VII was a cardinal archduke of Austria who as governor and sovereign prince of the Low Countries (1598–1621) ruled the Spanish Netherlands jointly with his wife, Isabella, infanta of Spain. The son of the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian II and Maria, daughter of Charles V, Albert was educated

Albertus University of Königsberg, institution of higher learning founded in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), in 1544 by Albert, the first duke of Prussia. At first drawing its enrollment mainly from Prussia, Poland, and Lithuania, the Protestant-affiliated university after the Thirty

Kalemi, town, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, central Africa. It is a port on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika where the Lukuga River exits, and it has an airport and rail links to Lubumbashi and Kananga. In 1915 Kalemi, then the site of a British-Belgian military base, was chosen as

Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Albertville, France, that took place February 8–23, 1992. The Albertville Games were the 16th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. The 1992 Games are noted for not only a change in the modern Olympics but a change in the world as

Albery family, was a British family of theatre managers and playwrights whose members helped build the London theatre into a prime tourist attraction. James Albery (b. 1838—d. 1889) was a dramatist whose work included Dr. Davy, produced at the Lyceum (1866), and Two Roses, produced at the

Albery family: James Albery (b. 1838—d. 1889) was a dramatist whose work included Dr. Davy, produced at the Lyceum (1866), and Two Roses, produced at the Vaudeville (1870). Albery’s wife was actress Mary Moore (b. 1861—d. 1931), who after his death became Lady Wyndham when she married…

Albery family: …Wyndham, Bronson Albery (in full Sir Bronson James Albery, b. March 6, 1881, Greenhithe, Kent, Eng.—d. July 21, 1971, London), the second son of Mary Moore and James Albery, assumed joint control of the family theatres with Charles Wyndham’s son, Howard. Previously, Bronson earned renown for his productions of The…

Albery family: …his son, Donald (in full Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery, b. June 19, 1914, London, Eng.—d. Sept. 14, 1988, Monte Carlo, Monaco), whose producing debut was with Graham Greene’s The Living Room (1953). It was followed by two decades of hits, including Waiting for Godot (1955); The Rose Tattoo, A…

Argeș: …natural monument, are located near Albești. The road between Pitești and Câmpulung was a former Roman-Dacian route. Most of the county’s railway lines and highways parallel river courses. Area 2,636 square miles (6,826 square km). Pop. (2007 est.) 644,236.

Albi, city, capital of Tarn département, Occitanie région, in Languedoc, southern France. It lies along the Tarn River where the latter leaves the Massif Central for the Garonne Plain, northeast of Toulouse. Albi, or Albiga, was the capital of the Gallo-Roman Albigenses and later of the viscounty

Albian Stage, uppermost of six main divisions of the Lower Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Albian Age, which occurred between 113 million and 100.5 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Albian rocks overlie rocks of the Aptian Stage and underlie rocks

albacore, (species Thunnus alalunga), large oceanic fish noted for its fine flesh. The bluefin tuna (T. thynnus) is also sometimes called albacore. See

Africa: Botanical resources: The Albida acacia tree of the “farmed parkland” areas of western Africa is of special economic importance. Unlike almost all other dry woodland trees, whose leaf shedding normally occurs at the onset of the dry season, the Albida appears to have a period of partial dormancy…

Nikolaus Lenau: …religious epics Savonarola (1837) and Die Albigenser (1842; “The Albigensians”), deal with his relentless and unsuccessful search for order and constancy in love, nature, and faith. Following Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s death in 1832, the appearance in 1833 of the second part of his Faust inspired many renditions of the…

Albigenses, the heretics—especially the Catharist heretics—of 12th–13th-century southern France. (See Cathari.) The name, apparently given to them at the end of the 12th century, is hardly exact, for the movement centred at Toulouse and in nearby districts rather than at Albi (ancient Albiga). The

Albigensian Crusade, Crusade (1209–29) called by Pope Innocent III against the Cathari, a dualist religious movement in southern France that the Roman Catholic Church had branded heretical. The war pitted the nobility of staunchly Catholic northern France against that of the south, where the

Albigenses, the heretics—especially the Catharist heretics—of 12th–13th-century southern France. (See Cathari.) The name, apparently given to them at the end of the 12th century, is hardly exact, for the movement centred at Toulouse and in nearby districts rather than at Albi (ancient Albiga). The

Western sculpture: Conservative reaction (1920s): …vacuous figures of Arno Breker, Karl Albiker, and Ernesto de Fiori were simply variations on a studio theme in praise of youth and body culture. In the United States adherents of the countermovement included William Zorach, Chaim Gross, Adolph Block, Paul Manship, and Wheeler Williams.

PJ Harvey: Under the engineering supervision of Steve Albini (whose reputation as a sonic extremist was based on his own bands, Big Black and Shellac, and on his production of groups such as the Pixies and Nirvana), they recorded Harvey’s most challenging album, Rid of Me (1993); a softer version of some…

albinism, (from the Latin albus, meaning “white”), hereditary condition characterized by the absence of pigment in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, or feathers. Albino animals rarely survive in the wild because they lack the pigments that normally provide protective coloration and screen against the

Albino, colour type of horse, characterized by pink skin and a pure white coat. Unlike some other colour types, which develop as the horse matures, the Albino is born white and remains white throughout life. Albinos conform to riding horse type. They are not true biological albinos, however, as

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian composer remembered chiefly for his instrumental music. The son of a wealthy paper merchant, Albinoni enjoyed independent means. Although he was a fully trained musician, he considered himself an amateur. Little is known of his life, except for the production

Albinovanus Pedo was a Roman poet who wrote a Theseid, referred to by his friend the poet Ovid (Epistles from Pontus); epigrams that are commended by the Latin poet Martial; and an epic poem on the military exploits of the Roman general Germanicus Caesar, the emperor Tiberius’ adopted son, under

Ventimiglia: …is the ruined Roman town Albium Intemelium, or Albintimilium, with the remains of a theater. Ventimiglia’s town hall houses a collection of Roman antiquities. Ventimiglia was the seat of a county from the 10th century and later of a commune that fell under Genoese domination. Its medieval quarter contains the…

Albinus was a Greek philosopher, a pupil of Gaius and a teacher of Galen, and a forerunner of Neoplatonism. Albinus integrated the ideas of various schools of philosophy in order to shed light on the Platonic system of thought. One of his major works, the Epitome, is an analysis of Plato’s

Bernard Siegfried Albinus was a German anatomist who was the first to show the connection of the vascular systems of the mother and the fetus. From 1721 until his death, Albinus occupied the chair of anatomy, surgery, and medicine at the University of Leiden. He is best known for the magnificent

Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus was a Roman general, a candidate for the imperial title in the years 193–197. He represented the aristocracy of the Latin-speaking West, in contrast to Pescennius Niger, candidate of the Greek-speaking East, and to Lucius Septimius Severus, candidate of the army

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was a Roman general who participated in the assassination of the dictator Julius Caesar, though he had been Caesar’s protégé. After serving under Caesar in Gaul, Brutus was given command of Caesar’s fleet. In 49, during the Civil War between Caesar and Pompey, he led a

Marc-Antoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant: …is seen, for example, in Albion (1643). This mock-heroic poem contains a disenchanted account of a visit to England and includes an informative description of the London theatres. His Rome ridicule (1649) started the fashion for burlesque poems that was to be developed later by Paul Scarron. Saint-Amant was a…

Albion, the earliest-known name for the island of Britain. It was used by ancient Greek geographers from the 4th century bce and even earlier, who distinguished “Albion” from Ierne (Ireland) and from smaller members of the British Isles. The Greeks and Romans probably received the name from the

Albion College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Albion, Michigan, U.S., 20 miles (30 km) west of Jackson. Albion College, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a liberal arts college offering bachelor’s degrees in the humanities, business, social sciences,

Albion College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Albion, Michigan, U.S., 20 miles (30 km) west of Jackson. Albion College, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a liberal arts college offering bachelor’s degrees in the humanities, business, social sciences,

astronomical map: Star names and designations: A conspicuous exception is Albireo in Cygnus, possibly a corruption of the words ab ireo in the first Latin edition of the Almagest in 1515. Most star names are in fact Arabic and are frequently derived from translations of the Greek descriptions. The stars of Orion illustrate the various…

Yauri: About 1810 King Albishir (Mohammadu dan Ayi), the Hausa ruler of Yauri, pledged allegiance to the emir of Gwandu, the Fulani empire’s overlord of the western emirates, and became the first emir of Yauri.

albite, common feldspar mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi3O8) that occurs most widely in pegmatites and felsic igneous rocks such as granites. It may also be found in low-grade metamorphic rocks and as authigenic albite in certain sedimentary varieties. Albite usually forms brittle, glassy

feldspar: Crystal structure: …twinning—those designated Carlsbad twinning and albite twinning—are shown in the figure. Carlsbad twinning occurs in both monoclinic and triclinic feldspars; albite twinning occurs only in triclinic feldspars. Albite twinning, which is typically polysynthetic (i.e., multiple or repeated), can be observed as a set of parallel lines on certain crystal or…

metamorphic rock: Albite-epidote-hornfels facies: Rocks of the albite-epidote-hornfels facies are characteristically found as the outer zones of contact aureoles where the thermal episode fades out and the rocks pass into their regional grade of metamorphism. The mineral assemblages are quite similar to those found in regional greenschist-facies…

Ventimiglia: …is the ruined Roman town Albium Intemelium, or Albintimilium, with the remains of a theater. Ventimiglia’s town hall houses a collection of Roman antiquities. Ventimiglia was the seat of a county from the 10th century and later of a commune that fell under Genoese domination. Its medieval quarter contains the…

albizia, (genus Albizia), genus of trees or shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae). The genus is pantropical, though most species are native to warm regions of the Old World. The plants are widely used for fodder and timber, and many are important in traditional medicine. Several species are grown as

albizia, (genus Albizia), genus of trees or shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae). The genus is pantropical, though most species are native to warm regions of the Old World. The plants are widely used for fodder and timber, and many are important in traditional medicine. Several species are grown as

albizia: Silk tree, or powderpuff tree (Albizia julibrissin), native to Asia and the Middle East, grows to about 9 metres (30 feet) tall, has a broad spreading crown, and bears flat pods about 12 cm (5 inches) long. Indian albizia, or siris (A. lebbek), native to…

albizia: Silk tree, or powderpuff tree (Albizia julibrissin), native to Asia and the Middle East, grows to about 9 metres (30 feet) tall, has a broad spreading crown, and bears flat pods about 12 cm (5 inches) long. Indian albizia, or siris (A. lebbek), native to…

albizia: Indian albizia, or siris (A. lebbek), native to tropical Asia and Australia, grows about 24 metres tall and bears pods 23–30 cm long. Both species are common ornamental trees.