Common name
English: African Tulip Tree
German: Afrikanischer Tulpenbaum
Portuguese: Tulipeira do Gabão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2603)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2116)
Order: Scrophulariales (98)
Family: Bignoniacea (19)(family description)
Genus: Spathodea (1)
Epithet: campanulata Beauv. (1)
Synonyms: Bignonia tulipifera Schum., Spathodea danckelmaniana Büttner, Spathodea nilotica Seem., Spathodea tulipifera (Schum.) G.Don
campanulata => bell-shaped
danckelmaniana => in honor or Alexander Sylvester Flavius Ernst Freiherr von Danckelman (1855-1919), German geographer and meteorologist
nilotica => in reference to the ethnic people and the Nilotic language of Kenya, Africa
tulipifera => tulip-bearing
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: orange
External links
Check for Spathodea campanulata at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1091] Spathodea campanulata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)