6/5/2023 0 Comments Golden rain tree![]() ![]() saman due to the 'sleepiness' of its leaves. In some parts of Vanua Levu, Fiji the word vaivai is used to describe the lebbeck, because of the sound the seedpods make, and the word mocemoce (sleepy, or sleeping) is used for A. The former comes from vaivai "watery" (in allusion to the tree's "rain") + vavalagi "foreign". In the Pacific Islands, it is known as filinganga in the Northern Marianas trongkon-mames in Guam gumorni spanis in Yap kasia kula or mohemohe in Tonga marmar in New Guinea ʻohai in Hawaii tamalini or tamaligi in Samoa and vaivai ni vavalangi, vaivai moce or sirsa in Fiji. In Latin America, it is variously known as samán, cenízaro, cenicero, genízaro, carreto, carreto negro, delmonte, dormilón, guannegoul, algarrobo del país, algarrobo, campano, carabeli, couji, lara, urero, or zarza in Spanish and chorona in Portuguese. In French-speaking islands, it is known as gouannegoul or saman. It is also known as algarrobo in Cuba guannegoul(e) in Haiti and goango or guango in Jamaica. In the Caribbean, it is sometimes known as marsave. It has been variously attributed to local names ki hujan or pokok hujan ("rain tree") in Indonesia and Malaysia because its leaves fold during rainy days (allowing rain to fall through the tree) the way the relative abundance of grass under the tree in comparison to surrounding areas the steady drizzle of honeydew-like discharge of cicadas feeding on the leaves the occasional shower of sugary secretions from the nectaries on the leaf petioles to the shedding of stamens during heavy flowering. The origin of the name "rain tree" is unknown. This name is also where its genus name Samanea comes from. The original name, saman - known in many languages and used for the specific epithet - derives from zamang, meaning " Mimosoideae tree" in some Cariban languages of northern Venezuela. "Chamchuri" is the Thai name of the tree species, whereas "yak" is the Thai pronunciation of yaksha, a mythical demon, referring in this context to the monstrous size of the tree. Ī giant specimen near Kanchanaburi, Thailand, known locally as chamchuri-yak (จามจุรียักษ์). The seed pods of the tree are curved and leathery they contain sticky, edible flesh covering the flat, oval seeds. These heads may number in the thousands, covering the whole tree. The tree has pinkish flowers with white and red stamens, set on heads with around 12–25 flowers per head. The leaves fold in rainy weather and in the evenings, hence the names rain tree and five o'clock tree. Its crown is big and can provide shade, but allows rain to fall through into the ground beneath it. The tree sheds its leaves for a while during dry periods. ![]() This can be hazardous as the tree is very commonly used for avenue plantation.Ī rain tree leaf is pinnate made of 6–16 leaflets, each leaflet is shaped like a diamond 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) long and 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) wide with a dull top surface and finely hairy beneath. Large branches of the tree tend to break off, particularly during rainstorms. Its branches have velvety and hairy bark. This species of flowering tree in the Fabaceae family is native to Central and South America but has been widely introduced across the tropics, especially South and Southeast Asia. It usually reaches a height of 15–25 m (49–82 ft) and a diameter of 30 m (98 ft). Saman is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical umbrella-shaped crown. Pink-flowers being pollinated by a black carpenter bee, in Kolkata Tree ![]()
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