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Harpullia pendula
Also called Queensland tulipwood, Black tulipwood, Black Tulip, Moreton Bay Tulipwood, Mogun Mogun, Tulip Lancewood
Tulipwood is a tree native to eastern Australia that grows in dry rainforest and is grown as a shade or street tree in warm climates. It needs a frost-free, warm, humid site and tolerates a range of soils.
Harpullia pendula, commonly known as tulipwood, mogun-mogun, tulip lancewood, Queensland tulipwood, black tulipwood or black tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with paripinnate leaves, the leaflets elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, greenish yellow flowers, and yellow to reddish capsules.
Tulipwood grows in dry rainforest on basalt between Coen in Queensland and the Bellinger River in north-eastern New South Wales, at altitudes up to 850 m (2,790 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Harpullia pendula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
