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Peltophorum dubium
Also called Cana Fístula, Yellow Poinciana, Copperpod
Peltophorum dubium is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree (often 20 to 25 m) grown mainly as a shade and street tree in warm regions, valued for its bright yellow summer flowers. The key to growing it is full sun and plenty of warmth, since it is frost tender.
Peltophorum dubium is a tree in the family Fabaceae and subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This species is known as ibirá-pitá in Argentina and Paraguay, árbol de Artigas in Uruguay, and Cambuí in Brazil. It is a large tree, growing around 20–25 meters, with a more or less straight trunk.
Foliage: bright green, and deciduous
They are native to the seasonal deciduous forests of subtropical and temperate regions of South America. They grow on riverbanks in southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Paraguay and northern Uruguay. They have also been planted along the avenues of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Porto Alegre.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peltophorum dubium 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.
