G2 Introduce Albizia saman (Rain Tree)

Introduce Albizia saman (Rain Tree)

 

This is my introduce about Albizia saman.It have one in our school,and it is very important for our school.It have a special meaning for us(忠孝’s STUDENTS)You can also serch it on the net,than you can find many information.It is a very old tree I think. So you can find about the story of it. (I think you can enjoy in it)

About Albizia saman,

Stem: Rain Tree is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical crown. It usually reaches a height of 25 m (82 ft) and a diameter of 40 m (130 ft).

Leaves: Bipinnate compound leaves alternate, 2~5 pairs of pinna;2~8 pairs of lobulars, Ovate-oblong or slightly round. Up to 4.5 cm. Smooth surface. But there is a lot of villus behind the leaves.

Flowers: Several lineages of this tree are available, e.g., with reddish pink and creamish golden colored flowers. Corolla length of 1.7 cm. 20 stamens, filaments slender.

Fruit: Pod flat, and smooth. Length of 15~20 cm, slightly cylindrical.

Albizia saman’s source area is the tropics Americas, the west indies. It can reaches a height of 20 meters. The leaves usually falling in winter. Its name in Taiwan is 雨树, so you also can call it “rain tree”. It is a flowering tree, it will bloom in spring. These trees need live with enough sunshine and water in its growth period. We usually grow rain tree in the garden, it is a kind of shade tree.

 

The leaves of Albizia saman would fold because of the temperature and illumination.

The leaves hold in rainy weather and in the evening. The angles of the folding leaves are also different in morning, afternoon and the evening. Why it have to do so?? Because it has to reduce the losing water to prevent lacking water.

We will really happy if you like this report=))If you have chance to come to Taiwan and meet忠孝.You can come to see雨豆树and we will introduce it to you=)I hope you will very interesting in this introduce=))