| Yellow Poinciana is an excellent shade, street tree and a specimen tree, if plenty of space is available | The rich green, bipinnate leaves are about 60 cm long with oval leaflets |
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| Large bunches of the copper-coloured fruit, containing flattened, oblong seeds, are attractive at first, but later look untidy because they remain on the tree for months | We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website |
Bearing names such as Yellow Poinciana, Rusty Shieldbearer and Copper Pod, this is a showy, flowering tree, native to tropical Asia and Australia, and introduced to the Arabian peninsula.
| Care should be taken not to plant it too close to structures and hard paving, since the trees have shallow root systems | It grows rapidly to 20 metres high and 10 metres wide, and has an umbrella-like crown with fuzzy, rusty-red twigs |
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| pterocarpum requires light shade to full sun, and cannot tolerate heavy frost | It needs regular pruning, when young, to keep the tree dense and in shape |
Not often seen in Arriyadh, where it may lose its leaves during a long dry period, the leaves reappearing quickly with the flowers.
16| Generally pest- and disease-free, this is a low-maintenance tree, which may create a leaf litter problem, if not kept neat | |
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