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Flamboyant Tree: detail Flamboyant Tree

At close quarters, the flowers of the Flamboyant or Flame Tree, Delonix elata, appear in shades of red, yellow and green. Yet from a distance, these colours merge into a fiery orange.

The highly perfumed, waxy-looking flowers of the Pagoda Tree or Frangipani come in rose-pink, or, with the variety Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia illustrated here, white with a yellow centre.
White Frangipani
African Tulip Tree
When in full bloom, the African Tulip Tree, Spathodea campanulata, with its intense, bright red and orange flowers, is spectacular.

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