Thai Botanic · Project plant supply
Samanea saman
Samanea saman supplied from Thailand for landscape projects. Wide umbrella canopy for parks and large open sites where deep shade is the point.
Rain tree, monkeypod · Fabaceae · Semi-deciduous canopy tree
The largest shade tree in the catalogue, and the one specified when a single tree has to cover a great deal of ground. An enormous flat umbrella crown, often twice as wide as the tree is tall, with foliage that folds at dusk and before rain.
Specification
| Mature height | 15–25 m |
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| Crown spread | 20–40 m — commonly twice the height |
| Caliper range supplied | 5–22 cm standard, measured 1 m above soil level. Larger by arrangement. |
| Root-ball diameter | 120–180 cm (indicative) |
| Growth rate | Fast |
| Habit | Semi-deciduous |
| Flowering | Pink powderpuff heads across the crown |
Landscape use
Parks, campuses, resort grounds, car parks and open civic space. One mature specimen shades an area no group of smaller trees will match, which makes it efficient where the ground is available.
The spread is the whole point. Allow the crown its full width from buildings, services and boundaries, and give the roots open ground to run — sited that way, a single tree does the work of a small grove.
Site tolerance
| Drought | High once established |
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| Salinity | Moderate (indicative) |
| Wind | Moderate — the wide crown catches wind and limbs can fail |
| Soil | Wide range with drainage; needs depth and root run for the crown it carries |
| Heat | High, with irrigation while establishing |
| USDA zone | 10–12 |
Export notes
Supplied root-balled and wrapped. Large stock in this species carries a heavy ball and a wide reduced crown, which affects how many fit a container — confirmed against the final order. Phytosanitary certification accompanies every shipment. See export and compliance, and how the root ball is built, wrapped and loaded for the container on our nursery site.
For available sizes and current stock in this species, message us on WhatsApp at +66 93 425 9892 or email contact@thaibotanic.com — or browse the species catalogue. This is one of the species we grow and supply regularly. If you are working to a programme, send the planting schedule and we will plan lifting and shipping around it. Where a design calls for something outside our usual range, we source it through the nursery network we have worked with for years, given reasonable notice.