Albizia Saman

This wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical crown and rough wrinkled bark bears attractive, fragrant, whiskery, pink flowers which mature into fleshy pods, sweet to the taste which are much relished by squirrels, horses and cattle. This important honey plant grows to a great age, the leaves folding in rainy weather and also in the evening, hence the name "rain tree" and "five o'clock tree". It is native to the neotropics in South America but is now much naturalised.