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Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).
The tree is briefly deciduous, and it is during this leafless period that it blooms with umbels of large flowers ranging from creme de menthe to red in color. [17] After blooming, the trees produce several hundred 15 cm (6 in) pods containing seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fibre that is a mix of lignin and cellulose.
Over time, this may have been corrupted to 'Judas tree'. The tree also has alternative names such as love tree or redbud, with its Latin name, Cercis, derived from the Greek word for a weaver's shuttle, describing the appearance of its seed pods. The story about Judas and the blushing redbud appears to be a result of linguistic evolution and ...
Jay Wilde . Trees with Spiky Seed Pods. If you've encountered some round, spiny balls under a tree or maybe still on the plant, and you're wondering what it could be, it's likely one of several ...
The fruit of the honey locust is a flat pod (a legume) that matures in early autumn and is often twisted or curved. [4] The average size of the pods is 7–35 cm (3–14 in) long and 1.5–3 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) wide. [7] Once ripe the pod will contain as many as twenty dark brown oval seeds, each about 2 cm (1 in) long.
Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America.It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or árbol del puente, samu'ũ (in Guarani), or paineira (in Brazilian Portuguese).
Elephant-ear shape seedpods. Enterolobium cyclocarpum, commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil and Venezuela. [2]
Libidibia coriaria, synonym Caesalpinia coriaria, is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and northern and western South America. [2] Common names include divi-divi , cascalote , guaracabuya , guatapana , nacascol , [ 3 ] tan yong , [ 4 ] and watapana ( Aruba ).