Fabaceae
Rain tree
Samanea saman
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Samanea
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Common names
By language (34)
- arz
- سمانيه سمعان
- Bulgarian
- Дъждовно дърво
- Burmese
- ကုက္ကိုပင်
- Cantonese
- 雨樹
- Chinese
- 雨豆樹, 雨树, 雨樹, 雨豆树, 杀戮之树, 殺戮之樹
- English
- Rain tree, Raintree, Samán tree
- Filipino
- Acacia, Akasya
- Finnish
- Sadepuu
- German
- Acaciabaum, Regenbaum
- Haitian Creole
- Saman
- Hebrew
- עץ הגשם
- hif
- Sirrsa
- Hungarian
- Sámánfa
- iba
- Mesenah
- Indonesian
- Trembesi, Baujan, Kayu ambon, Kihujan, Meh, Suar
- Japanese
- モンキーポッド
- Javanese
- Trembesi
- Kannada
- ಮಳೆಮರ
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis skėtaras
- Macedonian
- Дождовно дрво
- Malay
- Pokok Hujan-hujan
- Malayalam
- മഴമരം
- Marathi
- पर्जन्यवृक्ष
- Odia
- ବଡ଼ ଚାକୁଣ୍ଡା, ବଣ ଚାକୁଣ୍ଡା
- Persian
- درخت باران
- Polish
- Albicja saman
- Portuguese
- Árvore-da-chuva
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉသၢမ်သႃ, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၵူၵ်ႉၵူဝ်ႇ, မႆႉသၢမ်သႃ
- Tamil
- பண்ணி வாகை
- Telugu
- వానచెట్టు
- Thai
- ก้ามปู, จามจุรี, จามจุรีแดง, ฉำฉา
- Tongan
- Kāsia
- Ukrainian
- Дощове дерево
- Vietnamese
- Còng
Synonyms
- Acacia propinqua A.Rich.
- Albizia flavovirens Hoyle
- Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr.
- Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell.
- Albizzia saman (Jacq.) Merr.
- Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb.
- Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain
- Feuilleea saman (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Inga cinerea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Inga salutaris Kunth
- Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd.
- Mimosa pubifera Poir.
- Mimosa saman Jacq.
- Pithecellobium cinereum Benth.
- Pithecellobium salutare (Kunth) Benth.
- Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.
- Pithecellobium saman var. acutifolium Benth.
- Pithecellobium saman var. saman
- Pithecolobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.
- Zygia saman (Jacq.) A.Lyons
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, June, September to October (from 128 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheryl Stinchcomb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andres Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rain tree: A big tree [Albizia saman] @ Sukhothai Historical park ; ต้นจามจุรี](/plants/samanea-saman/photos/7dccc87e7f9bc0b9-s.webp)
Photo: ::::=UT=::::, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Rain tree: A big tree [Albizia saman] @ Sukhothai Historical park ; ต้นจามจุรี](/plants/samanea-saman/photos/7dccc87e7f9bc0b9-l.webp)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.