Showing posts with label African tulip tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African tulip tree. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2010

African tulip tree






African tulip tree
Spathodea campanulata
Bignoniaceae

Tree that grows to 20 m high. The leaves are compound, to 45 cm long with 5 to 19 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are large, orange or scarlet red with yellow margins. The fruit is up to 20 cm long. A native of tropical Africa, now widely planted throughout the Philippines as ornamental.