Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tree

I have one of these as well Delonix - another common tree here in Queensland, always so bright and colourful but it is considered a pest because it grows so prolifically in the bush now.

Bernieh:

I know these trees are a pest in the true tropics...n Hawaii they have naturalized in many areas and are considered a pest tree now.

I have seen these trees naturalizing in some of our neighborhoods...however, it would not naturalize like in the wet tropics. We just don't receive enough rain.