Botanical Name: Tipuana tipu
Common Name: Tipu tree
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a mostly single-trunked, erect tree, with a massive primary branch structure; canopy is irregularly oval-rounded when young, becoming very broad when mature
Height 25-50'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun (likes heat) preferred; tolerates partial
Soil tolerates most except strongly alkaline dry soils
Hardiness some frost to 25 F (zones 13-16, 18-24); hot, humid areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves odd-pinnately compound, opposite, 18-20" long, with mostly 11-21 oval-oblong light green leaflets
Flowers yellow, sweet-pea shaped, in profuse terminal and axillary clusters; late spring-summer
Fruit a pod: 1-1/2" - 2-1/2" long, flat, light brown when ripe
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a very large, fast-growing shade tree or lawn tree, large street tree; utilized mainly for subtropical-tropical landscape areas on a large scale; very messy (flower, fruit and leaf drop throughout the year)
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular is preferred; mature plants tolerate some drought
Fertilizing balanced, in spring and late summer; older need little
Pruning head high and develop primary branch framework; thin out
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: South America
Family: Fabaceae

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