Samanea saman
naturalizedFabaceae

Samanea saman

Monkey pod tree

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Samanea saman, also sometimes known as the rain tree, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, now in the Mimosoid clade and 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 (see also below). It is...

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Seasonality

Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 71 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 193 · GBIF 57 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 16
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 5
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1