Bignoniaceae
Spathodea
Spathodea campanulata
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Spathodea
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- شجرة التوليب الأفريقية
- arz
- شجرة التوليب الافريقيه
- ban
- Spathodea
- Bangla
- রুদ্রপলাশ
- Bulgarian
- Спатодея
- Cantonese
- 火焰木
- Catalan
- Arbre de les tulipes
- Chinese
- 火焰木, 火焰树, 火焰樹, 喷泉树, 火烧花, 苞萼木
- Croatian
- Afrički tulipanovac
- Czech
- Spatodea zvonkovitá
- English
- Spathodea, African tuliptree, Nandi flame, African tulip tree
- Finnish
- Tulppaanitrumpetti
- French
- Spathodea
- frr
- Afrikoonsk Tulpenbuum
- Ganda
- Kifabakazi
- German
- Afrikanischer Tulpenbaum
- Greek
- Σπαθοδέα
- Hebrew
- מתחלית פעמונית, עץ הטוליפ
- Hungarian
- Afrikai tulipánfa
- Japanese
- カエンボク
- Kannada
- ಸ್ಪಾಥೋಡಿಯ
- Malayalam
- സ്കൂട്ട്മരം, African Tulip Tree, Fountaintree, ഫൗണ്ടൻമരം
- Marathi
- आफ्रिकन ट्युलीप ट्री
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Afrikansk tulipantre, Tropisk tulipantre
- Polish
- Spatodea dzwonkowata
- Portuguese
- Spathodea, Espatodea
- Russian
- Спатодея
- sg
- Koso
- Slovenian
- Afriški tulipanovec
- Spanish
- Spathodea, Arbol de la fontana, Llama del bosque, Llama del-bosque, Llama Nandi, Llama-del-bosque, Meaito, Tulipan africano
- Sundanese
- Ki acrét
- Swedish
- Afrikanskt tulpanträd, Spatodeasläktet
- Thai
- แคแสด
- Tongan
- Tiulipe, Harpullia pendula
Synonyms
- Bignonia tulipifera Thonn.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 959 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hopeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: M Kriek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steven Haw, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Slunky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Norm Herr, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Surabhi Srivastava, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.