Indian tulip tree
ಆಶபுவிராசன்గంగరేని
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 8.0 m
- wide
- —
Malvaceae
Also called Portia tree, Popnut, Milo, Rosewood, Pacific rosewood
Formerly Bupariti altissima, Bupariti populnea, Hibiscus baccifer, Hibiscus blumei, and 5 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year 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
- NE. Sudan to Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 6.0 m to 10 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Hawaiian
- Milo
- root
- Voaro, maho bòd lanmè, Baderirt
- French
- Porcher, catalpa
- Spanish
- Clemón, Álamo blanco, Duartiana
- Chinese
- 繖楊, 恆春黃槿, 截萼黃槿
- Japanese
- サキシマハマボウ
- German
- Portiabaum
- Chinese (China)
- 恒春黄槿, 桐棉, 杨叶肖槿
- Russian
- Теспезия обыкновенная
- Thai
- โพทะเล
- Portuguese
- Pau-rosa-do-pacífico, algodão-do-litoral
- Finnish
- polynesianmilopuu
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Thespesia populnea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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