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[barksy]

I was given this tree as one of a pair for my pots on my balcony. A few months later, one died and we moved this one into the new big "square" pots... it didn't like the move and DIED. It literally turned yellow, then brown, and the trunk turned woody... I was waiting to replace it with something pretty and new when suddenly it came BACK TO LIFE a

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[booz0r]

could it be a Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma) [what a name...]

[barksy]

ohhh i'm doing some googling and some of the images match, and some don't. But I think you're on the right track! THANKYOU! :)

[barksy]

A shirley tree? I can't find anything on them!

hehe lobster plant = new name for mystery tree.

[onlylisa]

Erythrina crista-galli
http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/species/?q=erythrina+crista-galli

[barksy]

Thankyou so much!! How did you know that? :D

[onlylisa]

I asked someone who would know lol

[barksy]

lol it's a noxious "weed"! Oh dear..