Monkey pod tree
ಮಳೆಮರபண்ணி வாகைవానచెట్టు
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 20 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Monkeypod, Rain Tree, Monkeypod Tree, Monkey-pod, Rain tree
Formerly Acacia propinqua, Albizia flavovirens, Albizia saman, Calliandra saman, and 11 more
When it flowers
Flowers February to May and July to November in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. America to Venezuela and EcuadorKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 15 m to 25 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers June and December to January, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Indonesian
- Ki Hujan, Trembesi, Munggur
- Hawaiian
- `ohai, 'Ōhai
- Spanish
- cenicero, Samán, Campano
- German
- Regenbaum
- Russian
- Альбиция Саман
- Chinese
- 雨豆樹, 雨树
- Japanese
- アメリカネム
- root
- masav, saman, akasya
- Chinese (China)
- 雨树
- French
- Arbre de pluie, samana
- Thai
- ก้ามปู, จามจุรี
- Portuguese
- Chorona
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Samanea saman (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.