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Beautiful Spathodea Geotagged,Mauritius,Spathodea,Spathodea campanulata,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Beautiful Spathodea

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
    Lion
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    No, this is an African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata).
    http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/spathodea_campanulata.htm     Posted 9 years ago
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      rakesh
      Musk Oxen
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      Thank you for identifying the correct species Posted 9 years ago

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The Spathodea

''Spathodea'' is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, ''Spathodea campanulata'', is commonly known as the Fountain Tree, African Tulip Tree, Pichkari or Nandi Flame. The tree grows between 7–25 m tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It has been nominated as among 100 of the "World's Worst" invaders.

This tree is planted extensively as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics and is much appreciated for its very.. more

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Similar species: Lamiales
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Uploaded Aug 2, 2016. Captured Jul 31, 2016 17:56 in A 10, Mauritius.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/4.8
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 120mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.