10 Seeds
Samanea Saman (Rain Tree)
AKA
Fabaceae (legume family)(Northern Marianas); gouannegoul, saman (French); gumorni spanis (Yap); kasia kula, mohemohe (Tonga);
marmar
(New Guinea); ‘ohai (Hawai‘i); rain tree, monkey pod, saman (English); tamalini, tamaligi (Samoa); trongkonmames
(Guam);
vaivai ni vavalangi, sirsa (Fiji)
This is one of my all time favorite trees and looks alot like the banyon
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There is a ton of information out there on these awsome trees I put a few fun facts below
filinganga
Rain tree has a characteristic
dome-shaped canopy in open
environments.
In brief
Distribution
now naturalized throughout the tropics.
Native to northern South America, and
Size
crown typically 30 m (100 ft) in diameter.
Typically reaches 15–25 m (50–80 ft) tall with a broad
Habitat
m (1000 ft) with rainfall 600–3000 mm (24–120 in).
Grows best in the lowlands from sea level to 300
Vegetation
and in deciduous forests and riparian corridors.
Naturally occurs on savannahs (grasslands)
Soils
Adapts to a wide range of soil types and pH levels.
Growth rate
of 0.75–1.5 m/yr (2.5–5 ft/yr) per year.
Moderately fast growing with growth rates
Main agroforestry uses
Silvopasture, crop shade.
Main products
Fodder, timber.
Urban forestry
parks, school grounds, etc., and large homesteads.
Well suited for large public areas such as
Yields
green forage; timber yields of 10–25 m
bf/ha/yr) under a 10–15 year rotation.
A 5-year-old tree can produce 550 kg (1210 lb) of3/ha/yr (1715–4290
Intercropping
cacao, and other crops.
Interplanted as a shade tree with coffee,
Invasive potential
elsewhere in the Pacific it is naturalized but rarely
considered to be problematic.
RAIN TRE?
The name rain tree has been attributed to:
• The leaflets are light-sensitive and close together on
cloudy days (as well as from dusk to dawn), allowing
rain to fall through the canopy to the ground below.
• The grass is often much greener under a rain tree
than the surrounding grass.
• A steady drizzle of honeydew is often created by
sap-sucking insects.
• Nectaries on the leaf petioles excrete sugary juice
that sometimes falls from the tree like rain.
• During heavy flowering,
Flowers
The tiny flowers (12–25 per head) are massed in pinkish
heads 5–6 cm (2–2.4 in) across and about 4 cm (1.6 in) in
height. The long, bicolored stamens (white in lower half
and reddish above) give the whole inflorescence the appearance
of a powder puff or feather duster held slightly
above the foliage. Thousands of heads are borne at the same
time, covering the tree in pinkish bloom. The central flower
in each head is larger, stalkless, has more petals, and is incapable
of forming a fruit; this flower is a nectar-producing
organ that attracts pollinators. Usually only one flower
per head (rarely two) is pollinated and forms a fruit.
Leaves
Leaves are alternately arranged along twigs and have a
prominent swelling (pulvinus) at the petiole base; stipules
are present and threadlike; the leaf blades are twice-evenpinnately
compound, arranged in 2–6 pairs of pinnae, each
pinna bearing 6–16 diamond-shaped leaflets, shiny green
above, dull and finely hairy beneath, 2–4 cm (0.8-1.6 in)
long and 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) wide, the apical leaflets largest.
During dry periods trees are semi-deciduous, losing
their leaves for a short period. Where there is a definite dry
season, they may remain leafless for a period of weeks but
refoliate quickly if there is adequate moisture. This gives
the appearance that rain tree is “evergreen” in moister climates.
Fruit
Mature pods are black-brown, oblong, lumpy, 10–20 cm
long (4–8 in), 15–19 mm (0.6–0.8 in) wide, ca. 6 mm (0.25
in) thick, straight or slightly curved, not dehiscing but
eventually cracking irregularly, and filled with a sticky,
brownish pulp that is sweet and edible.
Ornamental
Rain tree is widely planted throughout the tropics as a
flowering ornamental shade tree in public places, parking
lots, parks, etc.
USES AND PRODUCTS
Rain tree has long been a source of timber and livestock
feed (green forage and pods) for local consumption. Minor
medicinal and craft uses also are known. The wood is
used for carving items for sale to tourists, and the seeds are
strung in garlands.
Fruit
The sticky, licorice-flavored fruit pulp is a minor food item
for humans, mainly eaten by children. It is known as licorice
tree in the English-speaking Caribbean. Although the
pods have a nice flavor, they are too astringent to eat more
than the pulp from a single pod.
Nut/seed
The seeds, once cleaned from the sticky fruit pulp, are used
in making seed necklaces and other craft items in Hawai‘i.
Animal fodder
With 13–18% protein, the pods are edible and nutritious for
livestock and make an excellent feed supplement (Flores
2002). In Asia, rain tree is grown as a green fodder supplement
for goats, sheep, and cattle. A 5-year-old tree can produce
as much as 550 kg (1210 lb) of green forage. The pods
are ground into a nutritious animal feed in several South
American countries.
Beverage/drink/tea
The fruit pulp is used to make a beverage similar to tamarindo
(made from tamarind pulp) in Latin America.
Medicinal
There are several folk remedies prepared from various parts
of rain tree. The boiled bark is applied as a poultice to cure
constipation. In the Philippines, a decoction of the inner
bark and fresh leaves is used for diarrhea. In Venezuela, the
roots are made into a hot bath for stomach cancer. In the
West Indies, the seeds are chewed for sore throat.
Propagation by seed
Seed collection
Pods are collected from the ground beneath trees after they
drop; picking pods off the tree is inadvisable because, although
the pods take 5.5–8 months to mature, the seeds
only fill out and become viable shortly before the pods fall.
In some cases the pods are retained on the tree for up to 4
months past maturity.
Seed processing
In Latin America, seeds are manually extracted
from the sticky, pitch-like pulp inside the pods.
An easier method is to collect seeds from dung
of livestock that has eaten the pods; in addition
to being less labor intensive, germination is enhanced
by passage through the digestive tract
of herbivores. In Asia, the pods are placed in a
dark place where termites eat the fruit valves
and pulp, leaving behind clean seed.
Seed storage
The sweet, sticky fruit pulp (endocarp) promotes
an intense insect attack, so careful cleaning
of seed is vital before storage. Rain tree seed
behavior is orthodox, that is, the seeds retain
viability when dried and stored. Seed can be
stored for extended time periods at 4�C (39�F)
with 6–8% moisture content. Seed stored at 5�C
(41�F) or colder retains viability longer than a
year.
Pre-planting seed treatments
Fresh seed germination is about 36–50% with no treatment.
Germination of untreated seed increases in the course of
the first year of storage. Germination is also enhanced by
passage of the seeds through the digestive tract of herbivorous
animals. Scarification is not essential although it is
recommended to ensure fast, uniform, and optimal germination.
Manual nicking of the seed coat using a nail clipper
or small file works very well, although it is time consuming.
Alternatively, immerse the seed for 1–2 minutes in
80�C (176�F) water (water volume 5 times the seed volume).
Stir the seeds, then drain and soak them in lukewarm (30–
40�C [86–104�F]) water for 24 hours. This method yields
90–100% germination if damaged seeds are removed prior
to treatment.
Growing area
Studies indicate that rain tree seedlings are intolerant of
shade. Some literature sources recommend partial shade
for seedlings in the first 2–4 weeks after emergence and
then full sun; other sources state that seedlings should be
placed in full sunlight from the beginning.
Germination
Germination occurs 3–5 days after sowing scarified seeds.
Pretreatment, although not essential, results in more uniform
germination and improves the percentage of seeds
that germinate
Considered invasive in Fiji and Vanuatu,

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