Samanea saman

The third huge tree found on site is Samanea saman or locally known as pokok pukul lima.

Synonyms
Mimosa saman, calliandra saman, acasia propinquce, inga cinerea, pithecellobium saman.
Common name
Rain tree, coco tamarind, acacia preta, french tamarind, saman, monkey pod.

Family

Mimosaceae (Leguminoceae).

Rain tree is a large, tropical tree growing up to 180′ tall with a crown up to 240 ft broad although they are smaller in the sup – tropics. Distribution Native to northern South America.  It is a beautiful shade tree.
The evergreen leaves are alternate bipinate, while the flowers are small pinkish – green.  Rain tree has flat oblong seedpods containing oblong brown seeds.