Flowers in axillary panicles and creamy white in color but not showy. Fruit a 3 valved capsule which can be messy. Good specimen tree, background or border. Will take any soils, including poorly drained ones. Will take 1st exposure seacoast to the lower desert.
Plants are tender to half hardy depending on level of maturity.
Woody pods are messy, though it was once considered to be a good clean tree for the smaller landscape. Roots are unusually destructive for a small tree. Overall size is 20 to 30 x 20 to 30. Has a moderate to fast rate of growth. Single trunked with white bark shedding in papery flakes.