Mazhar Botanic Garden

Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub

Yellow Poinciana Copperpod Horsebush

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000218
English name: Yellow Poinciana, Copperpod, Horsebush
Arabic name: بلتوفورم مجعد
Native: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba, Hispaniola
Country: Argentina Bolivia Brazil Paraguay
(PGR): Rare

Deciduous tree a dense crown growing 15-25 m tall, 50-70 cm in diameter  leaves bipinnate, pinnae 8 -12 pairs, leaflets sessile, elliptic-oblong flowers light yellow in terminal spikes fruit pods, flat, lanceolate

Soil:  tolerant of various soil types if well drained

very ornamental tree when in bloom, and also provides good shade when grown as a specimen tree. Timber tree

Caesalpinia dubia Spreng, Peltophorum vogelianum Benth

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Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10
pH range: Indicator Papers

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