African tulip tree
ಸ್ಪಾಥೋಡಿಯഫൗണ്ടൻമരംआफ्रिकन ट्युलीप ट्री
Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 17 m
- wide
- 13 m
Bignoniaceae
Also called Flame of the forest, African tuliptree, African Flame Tree, Nandi Flame, African Tuliptree
When it flowers
Flowers July to April in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and AngolaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 15 m to 18 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Spread
- 11 m to 15 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- 1.7 °C (USDA zone 10b)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Banana passionfruitFlowers May to June, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers May to June, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers May to June, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers May to June, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers May to June, when this does not
BougainvilleaFlowers May to June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Tulipán africano, Galeana, Llama del bosque
- root
- tulipán, Immortel étranger
- German
- Afrikanischer Tulpenbaum
- Chinese
- 火焰樹, 火焰木, 苞萼木
- Portuguese
- Tulipeira-africana
- French
- Tulipier du Gabon
- Chinese (China)
- 火焰木, 火焰树
- Finnish
- tulppaanitrumpetti
- Czech
- spatodea zvonkovitá
- Japanese
- カエンボク
- Indonesian
- Kiacret
- Swedish
- afrikansk tulpanträd
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Spathodea campanulata (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.