Description
7-piece salad bowl set including 4 serving bowls, 1 large salad bowl and 1 set of utensils.

$20.00

7 piece salad bowl set. The bowls where hand carved in the Philippines from genuine monkeypod wood. The larger bowl measures 10" in diameter and 3" high. The 4 smaller ones measure 4.6" in diameter and 2" high. The salad utensils measure 10" long.

The Monkeypod Tree, Samanea saman originated in Central and SouthAmerica, but is now common throughout the tropics as a shade tree. The scientific name, Pithecellobium, means “monkey earring” in Greek, thus the name Monkeypod. It is also called the Saman in Latin America, the Mimosa in the Philippines, and also referred to as the Rain Tree.

The Monkeypod is a large tree that provides a beautiful canopy of shade. It is commonly found on lawns, gardens and public parks. It also grows wild in old pastures and fields. The tree can grow to 80 feet tall. It is in the legume family, and is a broad, flat-topped tree which has twice compound dark green leaves, paired leaves that fold up in the dark and open with the light. This allows rain to fall through the canopy, so that the grass under a monkeypod stays green even in time of drought.

The wood of the monkeypod is often used for carving, and commonly seen as salad bowl sets. The wood is easy to work and doesn’t shrink much during drying, which means it can be worked when green. Most of the Monkeypod used for woodworking is now grown in Thailand or the Philippines. The pod has sweet pulp that can be used for animal feed. Pods can also be chewed for a licorice-like flavor.