Common name: Markhamia, Siala
Botanical name: Markhamia lutea Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda
family)
Native to Africa, Markhamia was names in the honor of botanist C.
Robert Markham (1830-1916), who worked in India. Evergreen small
tree of 4-5 m in height in culture, although reaches more than 10 ms
in its zones of origin. Leaves, of 20-30 cm in length, normally
arranged in groups in the ends of the branches. Flowers in terminal
clusters. They trumpet shaped, yellow in color, with orange-reddish
spots in the throat. They measure 5-6 cm in length. Fruit is a
capsule, of up to 70 cm in length, with abundant winged seeds. It is
propagated by seeds. |
