The Rain Tree. Samanea saman/ Monkey Pod Tree

The Rain Tree / Samanea saman / Monkey Pod Tree


The Rain Tree / Samanea saman . Bangalore




The Golden Rain Tree/ Monkey pod Tree

                                                        Rain Tree (Common Avenue Tree)

Family: Fabaceae
Description: A large tree upto 15 m high. Leaves alternate, bipinnate upto 30 cm long, stipules early caduceus. Inflorescence a corymbose spike, bracts spathulate. Fruit pod with sugary pulp, brownish-black, upto 20 cm long. Seeds ovoid.
Flowering: March- May
Native: Tropical America, West Indies

A favourite nesting place for squirrels and birds.

Scientific name : Samanea saman
Common Name : Rain Tree. 
Origin : South America 
Flowering Season : Flowering Season : March-September.
Vernacular Name : Male mara 
Brief Description : This large tree has an impressive umbrella-like canopy and it can be quite fascinating to watch the tree do its daily exercise of opening and closing its leaves. The flowers are white and pink resembling an open brush contrasting against the green crown. An ideal species to be planted along broad roads, it also provides for roosting and nesting of many birds

It is called rain tree because, the leaves fold up before rainy weather – this is why it is called the Rain Tree. The tree's leaves also close just before sunset.

The Rain Tree (Samanea saman) is a wide canopied, umbrella-shaped tree that flowers through a large part of the year from March to September. The tree is locally known as "Male mara" in Kannada Bangalore. The leaflets of this tree fold closed at night and open up in sunlight. One can see these trees planted by the side of broad roads all around Bangalore. It sheds moisture  through the day, giving the tree its name. It is common to see 'rain drops'  on car parked under  a rain tree for a few hours, and this moisture is caused by insects feeding on the leaves of the tree.
 
Its leaves folds and show sleepy movement, in the rainy weather, hence the name Rainy Tree. The tree has pinkish flowers with white and red stamens 12-25 flowers per head. When it is in bloom the entire tree looks very beautiful and majestic with the pink and red flowers. The pods are made up of slippery and sticky dangerous, edible flesh. When they fall down on roads the two wheeler drivers may skid and fall down specially during the rainy season. This tree is used as an avenue tree especially in different parts of the world 


Rain tree is known for carbon sequestering. It can capture a huge amount of carbon-dioxide. A mature tree can observe 30 tons of Carbon dioxide annually. 

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