Bignoniaceae Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Gland
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf blade margin
• Leaf parts
• Leaf blade glands etc
• Margin of leaf blade (3d)
• Leaf
• Plant parts
• Recurved margin

Places where this species can be found :

• Botanic Garden - GRENADA
• Grenada - GRENADA
• Guadalupe Victoria - HUGHESFRP
• AFRAM HEADWATERS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ANHWIASO EAST F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ANUM SU North F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ANUM SU South F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ASUBIMA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ATEWA RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• AWURA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• AYUM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BANDAI HILLS (SOUTH) F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BOSUMKESE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• BOSUMTWI RANGE F.R. - Ghana TSP
• CHIRIMFA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• DOME RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• KAJEASI F.R. - Ghana TSP
• KROKOSUA HILLS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• KWAMISA F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MAMANG RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MIRASA HILLS F.R. - Ghana TSP
• MPAMESO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• ONUEM BEPO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• OPRO RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRA ANUM F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRA SUHIEN 2 F.R. - Ghana TSP
• PRAKAW F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUBRI RIVER F.R. - Ghana TSP
• SUPONG F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TAIN TRIBUTARIES II F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TANO OFIN F.R. - Ghana TSP
• TINTE BEPO F.R. - Ghana TSP
• WOROBONG SOUTH (AKIM) F.R. - Ghana TSP

Species information

Description
Planted tree with conspicuous red flowers. A Medium-sized, fluted, deciduous tree conspicuous in secondary vegetation, e.g. along roadsides, by virtue of the red flowers (also in {Bombax}).

Interest
Spathodea - from Gk spathe and odes, of the nature of. An allusion to the spathe-like calyx. An African tree distributed around the tropics as an ornamental in the 19th Century, via Europe . The flowers open at 4 a.m. The corolla emerges from the calyx during the preceding afternoon and gradually swells, straightening its wrinkles and exhaling the pleasant musang smell during the night (Corner, 1988). The winged seeds are said to be more or less edible. The wood is light and used for objects like blacksmith bellows or drums. The Bark or leaves can be used as ulcer or wound dressing. "The large calyx in bud holds sweet watery matter which children exploit by squirting into each other's eyes". Where it flourishes in forests the soil is regarded as good for forests. (Dalziel, 1948)

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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