Thespesia grandiflora

Botanical Description

Thespesia grandiflora is an evergreen tree with a rounded crown; it usually grows up to 15 metres tall, occasionally to 20 metres. The usually straight and cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 3 metres or more and up to 50cm in diameter when growing in forests; when grown in the open as an ornamental, however, it normallly branches from near the ground[ 350 Title National Tropical Botanical Garden Publication Author Website http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses. ]. The tree produces a valuable wood, somewhat similar in appearance and working quality to old growth mahogany. It is sometimes cultivated as a timber crop, and is often grown as an ornamental, being valued especially for its floral display[ 350 Title National Tropical Botanical Garden Publication Author Website http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses. ].