Spathodea

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***Spathodea*** bụ monotypic genus na ezinụlọ osisi na-agbasa okooko Bignoniaceae. Otu ụdị ọ nwere, ***Spathodea campanulata***, bụ nke a maara dị ka **osisi tulip nke Afrika**. Osisi ahụ na-eto n'etiti 7okooko osisi campanula. Aha a sitere n'okwu Grik oge ochie σπαθη (spathe) na οιδα (*oida*), na-ezo aka na calyx yiri *spathe*. Ndị Europe chọpụtara ya na 1787 na Gold Coast nke Afrika.

## Nkọwa
Okooko osisi ahụ nwere ọdịdị ampule ma nwee mmiri. Ụmụaka na-egwuri egwu mgbe ụfọdụ na buds ndị a n'ihi ikike ha nwere ịwụfu mmiri. Mmanụ ahụ na-acha odo odo mgbe ụfọdụ na mkpịsị aka na uwe. Okooko osisi ndị na-emeghe na-adị ka iko ma na-ejide mmiri ozuzo na igirigi, na-eme ka ha na-adọrọ mmasị n'ọtụtụ ụdị nnụnụ.

## Ọdịdị okooko osisi
Okooko osisi tulip nke Afrịka na-amịpụta nnukwu okooko osisi na-acha ọbara ọbara na-acha oroma nke nwere ihe dịka petals ise ma dị 8-15 cm n'ogologo. Okooko osisi ndị ahụ bụ bisexual na zygomorphic. A na-egosipụta ihe ndị a na njedebe nke corymb-dị ka raceme inflorescence. Pedicel ya dị ihe dịka 6 cm n'ogologo. Okooko osisi a nwekwara ọnụ na akpịrị na-acha odo odo. Enwere ike ịchọta pistil n'etiti stamen anọ nke a na-etinye na tube corolla.  Okooko osisi a nwere obere ovary nke dị elu ma bụrụ abụọ. Mkpụrụ osisi a dị larịị, dị gịrịgịrị, ma nwee nku sara mbara. 

## Njikọ nke ụdị
N'ogige ntụrụndụ na ogige ntụrụngwa Neotropical, ihe ọṅụṅụ ha na-ewu ewu n'ọtụtụ hummingbirds, dị ka mango ojii (*Anthracothorax nigricollis*), jacobin ojii (*Florisuga fusca*), ma ọ bụ hummingbird ọla edo (*Hylocharis chrysura*). Osisi nke osisi ahụ dị nro ma ọtụtụ nnụnụ na-ewu oghere dị ka barbets na-eji ya eme akwụ́.  N'ụzọ dị mwute, okooko osisi ahụ nwere ihe nchebe sitere n'okike na-egbu aṅụ, a na-eche na ụdị dị iche iche ndị ọzọ na-ewepụta ntụ ya.

## Ebe a na-ekesa ya

* A mụrụ ya: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
* Ndị dị iche iche na: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar, Hawaii, Philippines

Ọ ghọwo ụdị na-awakpo n'ọtụtụ ebe okpomọkụ, dị ka Hawaii, Queensland (Australia), Fiji, Papua New Guinea, South Afrika na mpaghara mmiri na nke etiti nke Sri Lanka.

*Spathodea campanulata* bụ ụdị ahụhụ nke atọ a kpọsara na Queensland, Australia, n'okpuru Iwu Nchebe Ala (Nchịkwa Ụzọ Na-egbu Ọrịa na Stock) nke afọ 2002. A maara na ọ na-egbu egbu na aṅụ na-enweghị ọnyụnyụ nke Australia, dị ka Lipotriches (Austronomia) flavoviridis.

## Ọrịa na ọrịa
Na Uganda, ụdị lepidopteran abụọ, ụdị mbo abụọ, na otu ụgbụgbọ na-awakpo S. campanulata. Na Puerto Rico, a kọrọ na ụdị ụmụ ahụhụ itoolu dị na Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, na Thysanoptera na-eri nri n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke S. campanulata. Ụdị ahụ nwere ike ịta ahụhụ na obi; osisi nke osisi ahụ na-ere ngwa ngwa mgbe ọ na-emetụta ala.

## Aha ndị a na-ahụkarị

* Afrikaans: fakkelboom, Afrika-vlamboom
* Kannada: Neerukayi mara, Jeerkolavi mara (n'asụsụ ala)
* Bekee: Osisi tulip nke Afrịka, osisi isi iyi, ire ọkụ nke Nandi, ire ọkụ na Naịl, osisi squirt, osisi tulip, ire ọkụ Uganda, Osisi ọkụ nke Thika
* French: onye mba ọzọ na-adịghị anwụ anwụ
* Bangla: rudrapalash
* Hindi: rugtoora (sinoग style)
* Malayalam: African Poomaram (__hau____hau____hau__)
* Uganda: kifabakazi
* Luhya: muzurio
* Malay: panchut-panchut
* Sinhala: kudaella gaha, kudulu
* Spanish: poppy, espatodea, mampolo, tulipán africano, na Puerto Rico meaíto.
* Telugu: Neeti Budda, Gonuganta
* Swahili: kibobakasi, kifabakazi
* Tamil: pasadi (自然)*
* Aha azụmahịa: Nandi flame

Òtù:Mkpuru osisi na afrika