Mazhar Botanic Garden

Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol.ex Correa

Indian Tulip tree Pacific rosewood Portia tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000340
English name: Indian Tulip tree, Pacific rosewood, Portia tree
Arabic name: سيسسبيسيا
Native: The old world tropics
Country: India
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen tree to 10 m high leaves simple, deep green, cordate-ovate, long-petioled, glossy flowers pale yellow , deepening to purple-pink aborting in 24 hours fruit a capsule to 35 cm depressed-globose

Ph:  6-74 neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils

Soil:  light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil

Ornamental plant

Hibiscus populifolius Salisb, Hibiscus populneus L

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Zone: 10

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