Albizia saman, Shiriisha, Thoongumoonji maram, Gulabi Siris

Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr.
Family: Leguminosae

Synonyms: Acacia propinqua A.Rich. , Albizia saman (Jacq.) F. Muell. , Albizzia saman (Jacq.) Merr. , Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb. , Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain, Feuilleea saman (Jacq.) Kuntze , Inga cinerea Willd. , Inga salutaris Kunth , Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd. , Mimosa pubifera Poir. , Mimosa saman Jacq. , Pithecellobium cinereum Benth. , Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. , Pithecellobium saman var. saman (Jacq.) Benth. , Pithecolobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. [Spelling variant] , Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr., Zygia saman (Jacq.) A.Lyons , Zygia saman (Jacq.) Lyons

Common name: Rain Tree, Coco tamarind, Acacia preta, French tamarind, Saman, Monkey pod
Hindi: गुलाबी सिरिस Gulabi Siris, Vilaiti siris
Bengali: Biliti siris
Tamil: Amaivagai,  தூங்குமூஞ்சி மரம் Thoongumoonji maram
Deutsch: Regenbaum
Telugu: వానచెట్టు
Chinese: 雨豆樹
Vietnamese: Còng (thực vật)
Malayalam: മഴമരം
Bahasa Indonesia: Ki hujan
Javanese: Trembesi
Portuguese: Árvore-da-chuva
Japanese: モンキーポッド
Polish: Albicja saman
Espanol: Samanea saman
Thai: จามจุรี [dsha:m-dshu-ri:] jamjuree
French: arbre à (la) pluie (rain tree)
Haitian Creole: guannegoul(e)
Kannada: Bhagaya mara
Jamaica: goango, guango
Khmer ampil barang (French tamarind)
Malagasy: bonara(mbaza), kily vazaha, madiromany, mampihe, mampohehy
Sinhalese: mara
Colombia: campano, saman
Venezuela: carabeli, couji, lara, urero, zaman
German: Regenbaum (rain tree), Soar, Suar
Sanskrit: Shiriisha
Activity: Hemostat, Poison
FDA Poisonous Plant Database listed this species.

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.  Fruit pods. Free-ranging cows will travel the distance to feast the sweet pods, swallowing the seeds in the process and disseminating them. Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Pokok pukul lima, Pokok hujan-hujan, Trembesi, Munggar, Ki hujan], Saman, Rain tree, Monkey pod, Giant thibet, Inga saman, Cow tamarind, East Indian walnut. Native to the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. A wide-canopied tree planted as landscape and shade tree and naturalized in the tropics. The leaves fold in rainy weather and in the evening.


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