Markhamia zanzabarica - Maroon Bean Tree
By Delonix1
9 Oct, 2009
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A close up of my rare tropical Maroon Bell Bean tree's flowers.
Photo taken July 29, 2009.
Comments on this photo
Bernieh:
It grows to 30 feet / 10 meters or so. This tree is pretty rare here. I purchased it at a specialty nursery over 7 years ago for only $15.00...in a 5 gallon container.
9 Oct, 2009
Love the flowers .........
9 Oct, 2009
me too Milky. it lovely....
9 Oct, 2009
I'm glad you all love the flowers!
I'll have to take more photos of this tree...
as it has many hundreds of flowers right now.
9 Oct, 2009
and again... does it have any smell?
11 Oct, 2009
Aleyna:
No this species has no fragrance as I can tell...however, my Markhamia lutea has a nice sweet fragrance. I'll post a photo
soon.
12 Oct, 2009
Ooh ... that's lovely. Never heard of this one. How tall does the tree get?
9 Oct, 2009