African leaf-mining beetles (Paradibolia coerulea) have been brought into Tonga to control the growing invasive weed called the African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata). The tree is invading ...

African leaf-mining beetles (Paradibolia coerulea) have been brought into Tonga to control the growing invasive weed called the African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata). The tree is invading ...

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Scientists know it as Spathodea campanulata and this East African Native has been in Hawaii for a long time. Renowned physician and botanist William Hillebrand first planted African tulip trees in ...