African Tulip Tree 非洲北美鹅掌楸 @Murnane Reservoir 慕南水库 (2021 0318)
A large tree with large compound leaves arranged in pairs along the branches. Its large and very showy flowers (10-12 cm long) are borne in clusters at the tips of the branches these flowers are orange-red, somewhat tulip-shaped, and have... Show more
Common Names: African tulip tree, African tulip, fireball, flame of the forest , flame tree , fountain tree.
Family: Bignoniaceae
Flowering Time: Year Round
Native to tropical western Africa (i.e. Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and Angola).
Locate: Murnane Reservoir
Getting There:
MRT King Albert Park (DT6) Exit and cross Bukit Timah Road & Dunearn Road (Overhead Bridge) and walk to Rifle Range Road
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