Brazilian Fire Tree

Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake

Southern Mexico to Brazil

Fun factThe genus name Schizolobium comes from Greek words meaning 'divide' and 'pod', because the layers of the pod separate at maturity.

A fast-growing pioneer tree of wet tropical forest that can reach 35 m in its native rainforest. Young trees are typically unbranched and topped by a fern-like crown of enormous pinnately compound leaves up to 1 m long, said to be among the largest compound leaves in the plant kingdom. The leaves drop before flowering, and golden yellow flowers are then produced in racemes on the bare branches.

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Southern Mexico through Central America to southern tropical

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FamilyFabaceae

Spanish nameGallinazo

Also known asBrazilian fern tree, Tower tree, Yellow jacaranda, Mexican fern tree, Gallinazo

Native toSouthern Mexico through Central America to southern tropical South America, including Brazil

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
351	NW Forest	—	5 July 2019	Planted	—
—	NW Forest	—	5 July 2019	Planted	—

1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.