Umunyara (African Tulip Tree)
Spathodea campanulata
One of Africa's most visually striking avenue trees, named for its flame-orange, tulip-shaped flowers. Widely planted along Rwandan roads for shade and ornament.
- Kinyarwanda name
- Umunyara
- English name
- African Tulip Tree
- Scientific name
- Spathodea campanulata
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
Habitat
Roadsides, forest margins and cultivated land.
Distribution
Native to tropical Africa; widely planted as an ornamental across the tropics.
Uses
Ornamental avenue tree; bark used in folk medicine for liver complaints.
Ecological importance
Flowers attract sunbirds and pollinating insects; seed pods disperse widely by wind.
Ibisobanuro
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