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Each value Trefle shows for Samanea saman, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded8 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Jacq.) Merr.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 6: 47 (1916)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1916	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Observations	C. America to Venezuela and Ecuador	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1340 cm	1340 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 125 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 473, 479, 523, 593, 668, 673	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	magenta	magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 668	Sourced
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	head · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	3990 cm	3990 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 473, 479, 523, 593, 668, 673	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 424, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	oct · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 130, 444, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	38 cm	38 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 797	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	14.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 263, 424	Not on the record

Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr., 1916 22% complete

No common name

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Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr., 1916 22% complete

No common name

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