spathodea with yellow flowers

[Mohina Macker]

this tree is growing near gateway of india

regards

mohina macker

[Rashida Atthar]

Thanks  for posting pictures  of  the yellow flowered tulip tree, was not aware of this one in Mumbai !

 

regards,

Rashida.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Thanks for sharing, I assume its the same species Spathodea campanulata
Regards
Pankaj

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Mohina Macker <mohina...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Mohina Macker]

With some little bit of research on the internet I gathered that spathodea is a monotypic genus, though with several synonyms, in the family bignoniaceae.

Rarely they are reported to have yellow or apricot colored flowers

regards

mohina macker

[Pardeshi S.]

it is called Spathodea campanulata var. Konagold

opposite Mantralaya

regards
Satish Pardeshi