Monkeypod Tree – Albizia Saman

Image Source: Brian Bagnall

• Can reach up to 80 ft. tall with a large spreading canopy.
• Native from Mexico to Peru and Brazil.
• Introduced to Hawaii in the 1850’s.
• One of the most common and popular tree in Hawaii.
• Found on all major islands.
• Great for parks as a shade tree.
• Widely known for its huge, spreading canopy.

    Source: (Majesty II, 1991)

• One of the most popular shade trees in the tropics.
• Rapid growing deciduous tree forms an umbrella like crown.
• From tropical America.
• Flowers form late spring to summer.
• Sun lover, thrives in all moist, well-drained soils due to its nitrogen fixing ability.

    Source: (Rauch, 2000)

• Rapid grower.
• Leaves open out by day to screen off sun’s rays.
• Leaves close at dusk shedding dew.
• Pink leaves at top in spring.

    ​Source: (Majesty I, 2006)