Editing Spathodea (section)

==Species associations==
In [[Neotropical]] gardens and parks, their [[nectar]] is popular with many [[hummingbird]]s, such as the [[black-throated mango]] (''Anthracothorax nigricollis''), the [[black jacobin]] (''Florisuga fusca''), or the [[gilded hummingbird]] (''Hylocharis chrysura'').<ref name = bm&da2005>Baza Mendonça & dos Anjos (2005)</ref> The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as [[Lybiidae|barbets]].<ref name = ad&gv&md2012>de QUEIROZ, A. C. M., VENTURIERI, G., VENTURIERI, G., & de OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, M. C. M. (2012). Effect of toxicity of nectar and pollen of african tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) on Melipona fasciculata and M. seminigra (Apidae, Meliponini). In Embrapa Amazônia Oriental-Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE). In: ENCONTRO SOBRE ABELHAS, 10., 2012, Ribeirão Preto. Anais... Ribeirão Preto: FUNPEC, 2012</ref> Unfortunately the flowers have a natural defence killing bees, and it is thought various other species who harvest its pollen.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}{{disputed inline|date=May 2025}}