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Taxon:
Samanea saman
(Jacq.) Merr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Samanea
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Ingeae
Nomen number:
32979
Place of publication:
J. Washington Acad. Sci. 6:47. 1916
Verified:
05/01/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa saman
Jacq.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Albizia saman
(Jacq.) F. Muell.
Inga saman
(Jacq.) Willd.
Pithecellobium saman
(Jacq.) Benth.
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Reference(s)
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1981. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes.
1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I.
Abarema
,
Albizia
, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):119-121.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
Note:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Rhizophora-IWP.pdf
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:224-227.
http://proseanet.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Samanea+saman&quantity=1
Howard, R.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Isely, D.
1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):115.
Note:
=
Pithecellobium saman
(Jacq.) Benth.
Lewis, G. P.
Legumes of Bahia. 1987
Note:
mentions
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
Little, E. L., Jr. et al.
Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 1964-1974
Note:
=
Pithecellobium saman
(Jacq.) Benth.
Lock, J. M.
Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Note:
=
Albizia saman
(Jacq.) F. Muell.
Luna, R. K.
Plantation trees. 1996
Note:
International Book Distributors
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Note:
=
Pithecellobium saman
(Jacq.) Benth.
Nasir, S. M. & M. Athar.
1998. Fuelwood as an energy source. Phytologia 85:106.
http://www.phytologia.org/
National Academy of Sciences.
Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Nielsen, I. C.
1981. Tribe 5. Ingeae Benth.. Advances in legume systematics. 1981- 1:180.
Note:
places
Samanea
in synonymy under
Albizia
Durazz.
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Note:
=
Albizia saman
(Jacq.) F. Muell.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1985. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Note:
=
Pithecellobium saman
(Jacq.) Benth.
Verdcourt, B.
A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Note:
accepts
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
cow-tamarind –
Reference(s)
French-tamarind –
Reference(s)
monkeypod –
Reference(s)
raintree –
Reference(s)
French
arbre de pluie –
Reference(s)
Spanish
samán –
Reference(s)
Swedish
regnträd –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
also cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere in tropics
6
Other
exact native range in neotropics obscure
Native
Southern America
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in tropics)
Other
(exact native range in neotropics obscure)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
potential as fuelwood (fide Phytologia 85:106. 1998) –
Reference(s)
Invertebrate food
lac insects (fide Pl Res SEAs 11:224. 1997) –
Reference(s)
Materials
carved material (fide Plantation Trees) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses