Mazhar Botanic Garden

Brownea ariza Benth.

Scarlet Flame Bean

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Brownea
Species: ariza
Sample code: EGY-MBG-001329
Common name: Scarlet Flame Bean
English name: Scarlet Flame Bean
Native: Colombia and Venezuala
Country: Colombia Ecuador Panama Peru Venezuela
(PGR): Rare

Small tropical tree grows 6-75 m tall leaves pinnately compound 60 cm long, young leaves hanging, pale green to pinkish, almost white, and hang down limply like handkerchiefs before hardening into dark green flowers bright red, clusters measuring 12-18 cm across blooms emerge directly from the main woody trunks and older branches fruits flat, woody legume pod 20-30 cm long, 8 cm broad

ornamental small tree. the wood very hard and resistant to the attacks of the termites. traditional medicine. 

Hermesias ariza (Benth) Kuntz

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.5

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