Samanea saman

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain (nomenclatural synonym)
Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
Mimosa saman Jacq. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (22), Cooper_2013 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 42 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 167.5 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 19 mm (15-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): legume_indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (2); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 10.75 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
seed_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (5-6.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); lenticular (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 42.5 m (25-60 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	14	22	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.