Beautiful tropical tree with yellow flowers

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Colombia, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. Colombia

    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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  2. tipularia

    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Could be Cassia fistula.
     
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    Thanks but is not a Cassia fistula
     
  4. Tony Rodd

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    Re: Can it definitively be said that this is an Acacia

    [Edited by wcutler: I copied this from another thread, as it concerned this thread. I have edited it slightly to fit the context here. The question was would it be safe to call this fabaceae.]

    Yes, I saw [this] one previously and could not be sure. It's one of the Caesalpinioid legumes (i.e. in subfamily Caesalpinioideae, whereas Acacias, Albizias and the like are subfamily Mimosoideae).

    The flower structure is wrong for the Cassia-Senna group. I would be looking at the genera Peltophorum and Caesalpinia. The latter is very diverse in growth-form as well as leaf and flower features.
     
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