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LANDSCAPING CULTIVATION
Usually planted in parks, gardens and Tolerant of a variety of soils that range from
roadsides due to its bright red flowers. acidic to alkaline and loamy to rocky, but it
Make an excellent shade or focal point prefers soils with good drainage. Prune
tree. It is salt tolerant and may be severely to keep it compact; lightly prune the
planted near the coast, but not directly tree to promote a fuller crown. Grows quickly
on an open beach. Tolerant of the in fertile soil (1.5 m per year) until it reaches
often poor growing conditions of maturity; poor soil will slow its growth. Water
urban landscapes (eg., soil seedlings thoroughly until they become
compaction, pollution, drought and established, and then, only during severe
poor drainage). The small and droughts afterwards. The tree flowers more
numerous leaflets produce a fine leaf abundantly in drier soils compared to moist
texture that appears delicate and lacy. soils. Reduce watering to a minimum when
However, the plants sheds numerous the plant is in dormancy. Requires little
twigs, leaves and large woody pods. nutrients, because it receives nutrients from
Shed twigs, leaves and pods may have nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Flowering may begin
allelochemicals that inhibit the growth after 5 - 10 years of growth.
of neighboring plants.
GROWTH FORM

Small tree (9 – 15 m tall) with an
umbrella-shaped crown. Deciduous plant
in climates with a dry season, shedding its
leaves at the end of the wet season. In
Singapore and other places without
pronounced seasonality, the time of leaf-
shedding varies among individuals.