Saman tree - Albizia saman ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Moringoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Albizia saman
Common name: Saman tree

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Miami, USA - 20 November 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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Malaysia & Indonesia
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
1700 kg/ha/yr fodder
Yield top season:
5 m3/ha in 15 yr wood
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
young pods
minor food
Medicinal
no part
no effect
 - n/a -
0%
0%
 medicals
Lipids seed/nut
(steam distillation
)
medium
Albizia saman oil
5.00%
5.40%
 liphids
Apiculture:
good
 honey
Fruit:
low
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
very good
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
monkey pod wood
 550ρ 650ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 7.75 credits 5,450 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • gum/resin
  • ornamental
  • fertilization
  • bio-mass

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Plant Details
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Miami, Florida, USA - 20 November 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
50
 m tallest
Crown width:
40
 m widest
Planting distance:
1,200
 cm
Row distance:
1,200
 cm
Growing speed:
very fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Glomus intraradices
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 5 - 9 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
13
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
100
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Timber Fuel and Fodder

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 650 m 1,300m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 0°C 20°C 35°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 600 mm 1800 mm 3,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 4.6 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
156
 months
Seed weight:
16,000
18,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
  • Hilda patruelis
  • Heteropsylla cubana

 Diseases:
Fusarium wilt

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Store harvested seeds dry at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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Miami, USA - 20 November 2016(more photos) New York, USA - 16 October 2010
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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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Miami, USA - 20 November 2016 (more photos) China - 5 May 2011 (more photos)