{"id":2271,"date":"2017-04-24T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2017-02-11T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T23:00:32","slug":"monkeypod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/monkeypod\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeypod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The tree, and the wood which it yields, commonly known and sold as Monkeypod, although Rain Tree is also a contender for most common name, is known to the botanical community as Albizia saman<\/em>, which has supplanted the now obsolete name Samanea saman<\/em>. However, remain aware of this outdated name as it is still quite commonly used in reference to this tree and its wood.<\/p>\n A. saman<\/em> is native to an area stretching from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, into Guatemala and southward through Central America as far south as Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Some sources claim that A. saman<\/em> is especially common in Venezuela.<\/p>\n However, for multiple reasons, A. saman<\/em> became one of the most widely distributed ornamental, and useful, trees in the world. It was carried into the Caribbean first and from there to Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, especially to Hawai’i, and ultimately can now be found anywhere in the tropical region which bands the center of the globe. In fact, A. saman<\/em> is the most commonly planted tree in the entire nation of Singapore with over 20,000 known.<\/p>\n