Re: Sabor tree?
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Sabor tree?
- From: J* A*
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:44:47 +1100 (EST)
At 11:39 5/02/00 +1300, you wrote:
>Dan McKean wrote:
>>
>> on 2/3/00 8:42 PM, Nan Sterman at nsterman@mindsovermatter.com wrote:
>>
>> > My folks just returned from South America and my mother was taken by a
>> > red-flowered tree that she thinks is called "sabor" or "sabol." Anyone
>> > familiar with this tree and know its botanical name?
>>
>> It's a ceibo tree--the national tree of Argentina. When I was in South
>> America in November, it was in full bloom, a big 20m tall tree with a broad
>> round crown covered in red flowers. A common English name would be coral
>> tree. A picture of the tree can be seen at
>> http://www.marmot.net/danm/adv/cl99/img/99-50-14.jpg. The ceibo trees are
>> the two trees in the background. This picture is from November 14, 1999.
>>
>> The ceibo is planted widely in central Chile, such as in Santiago. I was
>> surprised to see such an unknown tree planted in such a similar climate,
>> especially as I recognized most of the other street and park trees such as
>> jacaranda and liquidambar and the various sycamores (London planetrees).
>>
>> Of course, once I got back to California, I wondered why I hadn't seen the
>> ceibo tree here. Turns out I had--the species name is Erythrina
>> crista-galli, and it grows here mostly as a shrub or really small tree. I
>> wonder why it doesn't get to towering tree height like it does in South
>> America--anyone got any clues?
>
>This species is vey popular in NZ,
The coral tree has also been very popular here in Australia as a large
ornamental shade tree, (the species name I've seen is Erythrina x sykesii,
but the description sounds identical). However it has proved to be a
significant invader of our subtropical rainforest. It's now declared a
noxious weed in New South Wales at least, and people are strongly encouraged
to get rid of them.
John.
