Phyllocarpus septentrionalis @Gardens by the Bay

Phyllocarpus septentrionalis @Gardens by the Bay (2021 1202)

Locate: Flower Dome @Gardens by the Bay

Getting There:

MRT BayFront (CE1/DT16) Exit B (Marina Bay Sands Hotel) via Underpass

 

Also known as monkey-flower tree and fire of Pakistan (Thai: ประดู่แดง)

Originally it came from tropical dry forests of Central America and tropical South America but it has been extensively grown in tropical areas worldwide as a garden tree.

It is a tree reaching 10 to 12 m in height with scarlet red flowers. A species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Caesalpinioideae.







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