This tree is considered to be invasive in Hawaii, American Samoa and several other island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

[4] Falcataria falcata is cultivated throughout the wet tropical and subtropical regions of the world and so has many common names.

These include: albizia (Hawaii), Moluccan albizia, sengon (Java), salawaku (Maluku), jeungjing (Indonesia), ai-samtuco (Tetun, Timor-Leste), batai (Malaysia), kerosin tree (Pohnpei), sau, Moluccan sau, falcata (Philippines), and Tamaligi (Samoa).

[12] In the broader Indomalayan region the following species have also been found feeding on F. falcata: The industrial tree plantation wood Falcataria falcata was found to be susceptible to the species of drywood termites, Cryptotermes cynocephalus, in trials in the Philippines.

Two Actinomycetales bacteria Streptomyces asiaticus and S. cangkringensis have been isolated from the rhizosphere soil surrounding F. falcata in Indonesia.