| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Common Name | African tulip |
| Origin | Tropical africa |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark smooth, light brownish-grey; branchlets tomentose. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite, decussate, estipulate; rachis 9-40 cm long, stout, pubescent, grooved above, swollen at base; leaflets 9-19, opposite; petiolule 3-5 mm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 5-12.5 x 3-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, obovate-oblong or obovate, base round, acute or oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, a prominent gland at the base of the lamina on the upper side; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. flowers bisexual, bright red, in terminal racemes; fruit a capsule, 15-23 x 3-5 cm, brownish-black, woody, seeds many, 1.7-2.4 cm across, winged. |
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