Colvillea racemosa

Native to western and southern Madagascar, this deciduous tree has a spreading crown. In Madagascar’s Kirindy forest, trees reach about 65 to 100 feet tall. Its twice-divided leaves carry many pairs of small, oblong leaflets, dark green above and paler beneath. Large, branching flower clusters form at the ends of shoots, with hanging side branches bearing orange flowers. Each flower has five orange sepals, five reddish orange petals, and ten curved stamens. The elongated, flattened seed pods hang from the branches and measure about 10 to 14 inches long. Its wood is used locally for construction and carpentry, and trunks are made into canoes. Photographed in Florida.