Markhamia Tree
Markhamia lutea
Observed blooming on the grounds of Nairobi National Museum, Kenya. March 2011. The leaf shown below is odd-pinnate and has nine leaflets.
TREE: A small or medium sized tree reaching rarely 15 m in height.
FLOWERS: Large, showy, yellow, tubular flowers are bilaterally
symetrical with prominent pollinator guides in the throat.
LEAVES: Leaves are 30 to 50 cm long and pinnately compound. Dark
green. Leaves are are alternate on the stems.
RANGE: Endemic tree in Kenya found in seasonally dry, open woodlands.
Sometimes planted for landscape value. Generally distributed through
Sub-Saharan Africa.
FRUIT: Long slender pods are compressed laterally and split open to
release winged seeds.
UNARMED. Without thorns.