Samanea saman

Samanea saman
The Hitachi Tree at the Moanalua Gardens, Hawaii

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Samanea
Species:
S. saman
Binomial name
Samanea saman
Synonyms[3]
List
    • Acacia propinqua A.Rich.
    • Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell.
    • Albizzia saman (Jacq.) Merr.
    • Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb.
    • Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain
    • Feuilleea saman (Jacq.) Kuntze
    • Inga cinerea Willd.
    • Inga salutaris Kunth
    • Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd.
    • Mimosa pubifera Poir.
    • Mimosa saman Jacq.
    • Pithecellobium cinereum Benth.
    • Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.
    • Pithecolobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. [Spelling variant]
    • Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.
    • Zygia saman (Jacq.) A.Lyons
A Chankiri Tree, otherwise known as Rain tree

Samanea saman is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, now in the Mimosoid clade[5] and is native to Central and South America.[6] It is often placed in the genus Samanea,[7] which by yet other authors is subsumed in Albizia entirely.

Its range extends from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil, but it has been widely introduced to South[citation needed] and Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii. It is a well-known tree, rivaled perhaps only by lebbeck and pink siris among its genus. It is well represented in many languages and has numerous local names in its native range;[8] common English names include saman, rain tree and monkeypod[6] (see also § Names below).

In Cambodia it is colloquially known as the Chankiri Tree (can be written ចន្ទគិរី or ចន្ទ៍គីរី).

  1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Samanea saman. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T144255307A148988354. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144255307A148988354.en. Accessed on 01 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Albizia saman. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ Merrill, E.D. (1916). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 6: 47. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  6. ^ a b Staples, George W.; Elevitch, Craig R. (2006). "Samanea saman (rain tree)". In Elevitch, Craig R. (ed.). Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment, and Use. Holualoa, Hawaii, USA: Permanent Agricultural Resources. pp. 662–664. ISBN 978-0-9702544-5-0.
  7. ^ "Samanea saman". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference humboldt99 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).