SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA 
Spathodea — blade-shaped (the fruit); 
campanulata — bell-shaped (the flower) 
English name : African Tulip Tree 
Family : Bignoniaceae 
Country of origin: Tropical Africa 
Colour 
scarlet. 
Garden use : 
Propagation : 
a quick-growing but soft- 
wooded tree, with dark glossy 
foliage, evergreen, useful for 
screening, flowering almost 
continuously; needs a good 
soil. A tall variety (to 70 feet) 
fruits rarely; a smaller variety 
fruits freely and is short-lived. 
from seeds or root-suckers. 
A, section of flower, showing two stamens 
(attached to corolla) and ovary surrounded 
by nectary and bearing long style. 
B, a seed (very thin). 
C, unopened fruit. 
D, open fruit, showing seeds. 
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