Poroporo Tree or Rose Imperial Tree

Often a small tree found growing in disturbed areas, Poro-poro trunks may only be twenty or so centimeters in diameter. Still, larger individuals of the mature dry forest may reach girths of 40cm or more. These latter specimens sport sinuous, shallowly fissured, glossy-gray bark, often tinted with a hint of reddish or maroon. Poro-poro generates its hallmark flowers from the terminal ends of branches. Large (10cm), glossy-yellow, and showy, these blossoms are an eye-catching and cheerful sight.