Plant knowledge
Rain Tree
Samanea saman
রেইন ট্রি / শিরীষ জাতীয় ছায়াবৃক্ষ
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Origin
- Tropical Americas; widely planted
- Native status
- introduced
- Habit
- tree
- Mature height
- 15–25 m
- Mature spread
- 20–30 m
- Climate
- Open tropical sites
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- moderate
- Soil
- Deep soils; wide root run
- Growth
- Fast
- Flowering
- Pink powder-puff flowers
- Fruiting
- Pods
Uses
- Wide shade
- Parks and campuses
Care
- Needs a large site. Not a small rooftop tree.
Landscape uses
- Parks
- Institutional lawns
- Urban open space
Broad canopy habitat once mature.
Environmental benefits
- Deep shade
- Large carbon mass
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