Cutting down of albizia tree

[Mitzi M]

Here you go Jean,

The tree commonly called albizia here is actually falcataria moluccana. There are several of its relatives here as well which they kind of resemble, like monkeypods and mimosas. But if you find them growing wild in the Puna lowlands chances are it's going to be an albizia. You can rip up the seedlings by the roots if they are small enough, but if you leave a stump they'll grow back. Like bystander said, the girdling method is an easy way to do it provided there's nothing you care about underneath. You are wise to deal with them now before you build and, as a friend of mine said, it's always easier to step on the dragon's egg than kill the dragon;> In fact, falcatarias were brought here from Central America to provide fast shade for coffee grown on land previously cleared for sugarcane etc. They were also planted in the Panaewa area as part of a reforestation effort(!). I read somewhere that they are the world's fastest growing tree.

http://www.hear.org/pier/imagepages/thum...uccana.htm

Good luck!
Mitzi

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