Samanea

Samanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

It includes four species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Belize to Paraguay, and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa.

Habitats include tropical moist evergreen and seasonally-dry deciduous forest, woodland, and wooded grassland.

[2] The type species is Samanea saman from South America.

[3][4] Plants of the World Online lists the following accepted species:[1] This Mimosoideae-related article is a stub.