Colvillea racemosa ---Colville's Glory
(黃金葡萄樹 )總狀垂花楹
（喬木）
http://www.rareflora.com/colvillearac.htm
FAMILY : Leguminosae /Fabaceae豆科
ORIGIN : Madagascar馬達加斯加
SIZE : 40'ft
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS : full sun
WATER REQUIREMENTS : average
MIN. TEMP. : low 30's
FLOWER : fall
http://www.da-academy.org/dagardens_colvilea1.html
摘錄
Description: In full bloom, one of the most spectacular of flowering trees; in natural habitat medium-size tree, 15-18 m tall (50-60 ft); Gardens specimen east of Palm Alley is smaller; has large, handsome, bi-pinnate, feathery leaves, similar to Flamboyant (Delonix regia); flowers bright scarlet, but red when inside bud, born in large, very conspicuous cylindrical or cone shaped raceme clusters; fruit a flattened, narrowly oblong, woody pod, 18-30 cm long (7-12 in), with several seeds; seeds woody, dark brown, elongated and flattish; tree very showy and beautiful in bloom, even young trees, 1.5-2.5 m (5-8 ft), bear a profusion of beautiful, scarlet flowers; Colvillea is closely related to Flamboyant, but flowers are quite different, Colvillea being more compact and somewhat pendulous.
Natural Habitat: Low elevations with moist to moderately dry climate; thrives in full sun with a period of dry weather before flowering; propagation from seed and cutting.
Origin and Distribution: Native of Madagascar and possibly Mauritius; cultivated in tropics and subtropics, including Florida. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has put Colvillea on its Red List as a threatened species.
https://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=12033
Dangerous/Poisonous:
Seed is poisonous if ingested
Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
圖
http://www.picsearch.de/bilder/pflanzen ... illea.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... a_racemosa
鋤頭與筆的對話
垂花楹
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!ttU_4sWdG ... le?mid=434
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colvi ... G_2301.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... mosa_1.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... cemosa.jpg
