Samanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[1] The type species is Samanea saman from South America.
The name Samanea comes from saman in Spanish derived from zamang used for Samanea saman,[2] this giant S. saman tree was seen by Alexander von Humboldt near Maracay, Venezuela in 1799 when he travelled to the Americas from that year to 1804.[2][3]