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African tulip tree

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African tulip tree
n.
A tropical African evergreen tree (Spathodea campaulata) having compound leaves and showy orange-scarlet or yellow flowers. Also called tulip tree.


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Let's begin with the African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata.
BEHOLD THE SOUTHLAND, IN LIVING COLOR by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And then there was that African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) on Missouri Avenue in West Los Angeles, with its orange-red chalices for blooms; I had never seen such a gorgeous street tree and wondered why it was not more widely planted.
GARDENING : RARE MOMENTS OF HORTICULTURAL DISCOVERY IN FULL BLOOM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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