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Samanea saman, also sometimes known as Albizia saman, or the rain tree, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Central and South America. Its range extends from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil, but it has been widely introduced to South and Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii. Common names include saman, rain tree and monkeypod. It is often placed in the genus Samanea, which by yet other authors is subsumed in Albizia entirely
Saman is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical umbrella-shaped crown. It usually reaches a height of 15–25 m (49–82 ft) and a diameter of 30 m (98 ft). The leaves fold in rainy weather and in the evening, hence the names rain tree and five o’clock tree (“Pukul Lima” in Malay). The tree has pinkish flowers with white and red stamens, set on heads with around 12–25 flowers per head. These heads may number in the thousands, covering the whole tree. The seed pods of the tree contain sticky, edible flesh
گل ابریشمی بارانی گونه ای از جنس ابریشمی است که در مناطق گرم و مرطوب رویش دارد.
این درخت برخلاف گونه های دیگر بسیار بلند میشود و گاهی تا 25 متر ارتفاع رشد میکند و تا 30 متر پهنا دارد که میتواند سایه خوبی تولید کند
میوه آن گوشتی خوراکی دارد که داخل آن دانه ها قرار دارند. میوه ها شبیه میوه خرنوب هستند
