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Rain tree flower_Parjanya Vruksha_Samanea saman_Mimosaceae

Scientific name: Samanea saman
Local name: Vilayati Shirish/Parjanya vruksha
Common name: Rain Tree
Family: Mimosaceae
Flowering season: Mar to Sept
Country of origin: Central and South America
A large, fast-growing deciduous tree with a large trunk, losing its leaves for a short period. It is known for its umbrella-like huge spreading canopy. Its canopy diameter is wider than it height.
Leaves - are shed in early winter and fresh leaves appear in February.
Flowers - look like pink powder puffs but they are nothing but the bunch of florets with long half white half pink stamens protruding from each floret.
Fruit -fleshy pod 10–20 cm long, with sweet pulp that is relished by squirrels.
It is claimed that the tree is so named because of the mild shower from its canopy of the mass excreta of insects residing on the tree. It is also called “Unghri” or the sleepy one in Gujarati as Its leaflets are light-sensitive and close together after sundown or on cloudy days but are erect at sun-up.
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Taken in: India / Maharashtra / Mumbai / Byculla (show map)

Taken on: April 3, 2006

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Rain Tree

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Kamala Nehru Park

Hanging Garden

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Parjanya vruksha

Vilayati Shirish

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Sets appears in: • Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon, Mumbai • Exotic/introduced (to India) Plants more » • Flora of Mumbai • Kamala Nehru Park (Hanging garden), Malabar Hill • Trees • Rain Tree_Parjanya vruksha_Samanea saman_Mimosaceae • V.J.B. Botanical Udyan (Rani Bagh), Mumbai « less

Groups appears in: • Botany • FIELD GUIDE: FLOWERING TREES of the WORLD

Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5600, f/3.2, 1/240 sec, 63mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S5600
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/240)
Focal Length:	63mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Camera FinePix S5600 Ver1.00
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