Umbrella Tree

Description:

Introduced from New Guinea and Australia for landscaping purposes . Common names include Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree and Amate. It has compound medium green leaves in groups of seven leaves. It is usually multi-trunked, and the flowers develop at the top of the tree. It often grows as an epiphyte on other rainforest trees.It produces racemes up to 2 metres (6.5 feet) long containing up to 1,000 small dull red flowers. Flowering begins in early summer and typically continues for several months.

Habitat:

Invades a wide variety of habitats from hammocks and cypress stands to scrub .

Notes:

Palm Beach County Prohibited Plant Species List.