Schotia brachypetala
Schotia brachypetala Sond.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 7.5 m
- wide
- 10 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Guillandinodes brachypetalum, Schotia rogersii, Schotia semireducta
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. & S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
- Height
- 5.0 m to 10 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 5.0 m to 15 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals and SANBI treesa, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: Top Tropicals medium; SANBI treesa low
- Flowers
- RedRead from Top Tropicals, Wikipedia and SANBI treesa, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources. Sources differ: Top Tropicals red; Wikipedia red; SANBI treesa pink, red
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Top Tropicals, not yet checkedOne source. Checker: Top Tropicals page does not state -6.7: it says mature plants tolerate light freezing to about -1 C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 短瓣豆
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- SANBI treesa, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Schotia brachypetala (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.