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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv. (BIGNONIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
African Tulip Tree

Description

Evergreen or semi-deciduous tree to 35 m tall with dense, busy, oval crown. Leaves to 50 cm long, opposite, pinnately compound. Flowers large to 10 cm long, bell shaped, orange to red with occasionally yellow variety. Fruit a pod, 15-23 cm long, flattened.

Ecology

In tropical forests, sometimes naturalised.

Distribution

Native in sub-Saharan Africa.

Uses

Widely cultivated as ornamental in the tropics. Timber is used for plywood.