| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Synonym | Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell., |
| Synonym_2 | Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain ex King, |
| Synonym_3 | Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. |
| Local Name | Urakamthoongimaram |
| Local Name 2 | Mazhamaram |
| Trade Name | Rain tree |
| Common Name | Rain tree |
| Habit | Large Tree |
| Origin | S.America |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 25 m high, bark yellowish-brown, rough, deeply fissured; branchlets pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules lateral, small, lanceolate, rachis 19-24 cm long, stout, pubescent, pulvinate, glands between pinnae pairs on the upper side; pinnae 6-7 pairs, 3-15 cm long, pulvinate, slender, grooved above, pubescent, 2-glands at the top of the pulvinous on the upper side and one between each pair of leaflets; leaflets 6-16, opposite, subsessile, estipellate; lamina 1.5-4.5 × 1-3 cm, oblong, rhomboid, trapezoid or ovate-oblong, base obliquely truncate, apex obtuse, mucronate, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 4-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, pinkish-white, subsessile, in dense heads; Fruit a pod, 12-20×1-2.5 cm, indehiscent, slightly flattened and depressed between the seeds, epicarp thin, crustaceous, glossy brown, mesocarp pulpy, light brown, sticky; seeds 16-20, 1×0.6 cm, smooth, brown, glossy. |
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