Bignoniaceae
Siala
Markhamia lutea
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Markhamia
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Common names
By language (7)
- English
- Siala
- Finnish
- Kameruninputkitrumpetti
- Ganda
- Omusambya, Nile tulip, Nsambya, Siala tree
- Hebrew
- מרקמיה צהובה
- Italian
- Albero siala, Tromba del Nilo, Tulipano del Nilo
- Japanese
- マーカミア・ルテア
- Kinyarwanda
- Umusave
Synonyms
- Dolichandrone hildebrandtii Baker
- Dolichandrone lutea (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Dolichandrone platycalyx Baker
- Markhamia hildebrandtii (Baker) Sprague
- Markhamia platycalyx (Baker) Sprague
- Muenteria lutea (Benth.) Seem.
- Spathodea lutea Benth.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.