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Spathodea campanulata Beauverd

African tulip tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English African tulip tree
Español Llama del bosque
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Benin; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo; Burundi; Central African Republic; South Sudan; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo [Brazzaville]; Gabon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Rwanda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya [I]; Angola; São Tomé; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Taiwan [I]; Java [I]; Fiji [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Singapore [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Niue [I]; N-Line Isl. [I] (Teraina [I], Tabueran [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Pohnpei [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I]); Guam [I]; Tonga [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Myanmar [I]; Philippines [I]; Maldives [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Cayman Isl. [I]; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. John [I], St. Thomas [I], Tortola [I], Virgin Gorda [I]); Barbados [I]; Saba [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Bolivia [I]; Peru [I]; Ecuador [I]; Belize [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Mexico [I]; Colombia [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Spathodea
Species campanulata
Author citation Beauverd
Scientific name Spathodea campanulata Beauverd

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

African tulip tree

Spathodea campanulata , ©MundoForestal-Costa Rica

Bark

African tulip tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

African tulip tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

African tulip tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

African tulip tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

African tulip tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

African tulip tree

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

African tulip tree

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

African tulip tree

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

African tulip tree

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

African tulip tree

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson