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Heterophragma sulfureum is a tree of the trumpet-vine family native to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, reaching 8 to 20 m tall with long sword-shaped seed pods. It is a forest timber and utility tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so these care notes are for reference only.
Haplophragma sulfureum is a tree in the Bignoniaceae family, found in four countries of Southeast Asia. The pods are used as tinder, while the wood is used for light construction and traditional medicine.
The species is found in the following countries of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar.
The long seed-pods are dried and de-seeded before being used as tinder for fire-lighting in Cambodia, and the wood is used to build huts.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterophragma sulfureum 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.
