Also zaman, saman. [Native name.] A large ornamental leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman, suborder Mimoseæ) of tropical S. America, having a spreading head of branches of immense extent.
1819. Hel. M. Williams, trans. A. von Humboldt’s Pers. Narr., IV. 116. The famous zamang del Guayre, known throughout the province for the enormous extent of it’s branches, which form a hemispheric head five hundred and seventy-six feet in circumference. The zamang is a fine species of mimosa,… The branches extend like an immense umbrella, and bend toward the ground, from which they remain at a uniform distance of twelve or fifteen feet.
1852. E. Sullivan, Rambles N. & S. Amer., 400. The zamang is a species of mimosa,… the leaves of this giant of nature are as small and delicate as those of the silver-willow.
