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Flame Tree

Brownea macrophylla

Flame Tree
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Panama to Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Brownea macrophylla is a tree in the legume family Fabaceae. The specific epithet macrophylla means 'large-leaved'.

Where it grows

Brownea macrophylla is native to Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. In Colombia, it is found at altitudes up to 1,350 m (4,400 ft). In Panama, its habitat is in tropical forest.

Other Brownea plants

Scarlet Flame Bean · Brownea enricii · Rose Of Venezuela · Brownea leucantha · Brownea rosa-de-monte · Brownea santanderensis · Brownea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brownea macrophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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