Beautiful here in SoCal, but African tulip trees are highly invasive! — In Hawaii it grows by the wayside like a weed. Spathodea campanulata is native to a wide region (Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda…) of Sub-Saharan Africa, and is considered extremely invasive in the tropics; The tree, also known as a fountain tree or a nandi flame (who can resist a name like nandi flame?), can reach up to 75 feet tall, and will become deciduous if grown outside of its tropical comfort zone. #spathodeacampanulata #nandiflame #fountaintree
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