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African Tulip Tree
Spathodea campanulata
-24.2407, 151.797
Field Notes
Description:
Native to tropical Africa, African tulip tree is a fast-growing evergreen tree. It is known to infest disturbed rainforest, where it out-competes native vegetation.
African tulip trees are sometimes planted as ornamentals or street trees.
Habitat:
Evergreen tree growing very quickly up to 24 m tall.
Leaves are about 20 cm long, oval-shaped, strongly veined, bronze when young, deep glossy green when mature.
Leaflets are leathery, leaf stalks are 6-15 cm long.
Flower buds are bronze-green, velvety, in large, flat clusters.
Flowers are large, orange-red, with yellow frilly edges.
Seed capsules are reddish-brown, up to 20 cm long.
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