Plant Details

Accepted name:: Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
algarrobo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coco tamarind	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cow tamarind	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
french tamarind	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hujan-hujan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
male mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
monkey pod	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monkeypod	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nedraganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pini mara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pukul lima	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rain tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
reni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samaan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
saman	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thella thurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thinbaw-kokko	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
thoogumanji mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bark, leaves		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Albizia saman (Jacq.) F.Muell. Select Pl.: 12 (1872).
Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 252 (1897).
Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. London J. Bot. 3: 216 (1844).
Acacia propinqua A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc.: 466 (1846).
Albizia flavovirens Hoyle Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 173 (1933).
Calliandra saman (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 225 (1860).
Feuilleea saman (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189 (1891).
Inga cinerea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1024 (1806).
Inga salutaris Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 304 (1824).
Inga saman (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1024 (1806).
Mimosa pubifera Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 47 (1810).
Mimosa saman Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 15 (1801).
Pithecellobium cinereum Benth. London J. Bot. 3: 216 (1844).
Pithecellobium salutare (Kunth) Benth. London J. Bot. 3: 216 (1844).
Pithecellobium saman var. acutifolium Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(3): 442 (1876).
Zygia saman (Jacq.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam., ed. 2: 503 (1907).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Albizia saman	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Albizia saman (Jacq.) F Müll.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Albizia saman (Jacq.)F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Enterolobium Saman	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Enterolobium saman (Jacq.)Prain	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Enterolobium saman Prain	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pithecolobium saman Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Samanea saman	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Samanea saman (Jacq.)Merr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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