Pithecolobium Saman
This leguminous plant yields eatable pods,
which are fed to cattle in Brazil. Some Mexican species produce
pods that are boiled and eaten, and certain portions contain
saponaceous properties. The pods are sometimes called Manila
tamarinds. The leaves of this tree fold closely up
at night, so
that they do not prevent the radiation of heat from the surface of
the ground, and dew is therefore deposited underneath its
branches. The grass on the surface of the ground underneath this
tree being thus wet with dew, while that under other trees is
found to be dry, has given it the name of rain tree, under the
supposition that the leaves dropped water during the night.
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