what is the difference between a mimosa tree and formosa tree?

Answer 1

They are one and the same.

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Mimosa
Latin: Albizia julibrissin

One of my father’s favorite trees was one he called a "Formosa," a tree I learned in college was correctly called Mimosa.

In the arrogance only educated youth can possess, I assumed dad had mixed up the names in the war years of the 1940s when the Nationalist Chinese were taking refuge from Chairman Mao’s communists on "Formosa" - known today as Taiwan.

Now I know that "Formosa" is the Portuguese word for "beautiful", and quite possibly this name was one of the colloquial names used for the tree we call Mimosa.

Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) is a medium-sized deciduous tree that blooms in the summer and was, at one time, as much a symbol of the southern landscape as the crapemyrtle. But mimosas have fallen from favor amongst southern gardeners and now it is often considered a weed-tree.

Answer 2

Mimosa Tree Pictures

Answer 3

Formosa Tree

Answer 4

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what is the difference between a mimosa tree and formosa tree?

Answer 5

The mimosa tree has very delicate, lacy almost fern-like foliage. It has fragrant, silky pink puffy pom-pom like blooms. The Formosa is a sweet-gum tree. It has large three lobed leaves, purplish-red when young, dark green through the growing season and beautiful yellow-red in the fall. It also gets a green flower. I hope this helps.