Family: Fabaceae

Pink shower tree is a sweetly-scented flowering tree native to the forests of southeast Asia. A fast grower, mature height will average 35 feet tall. Pink flowers bloom profusely in the Spring and Summer. Pink shower tree requires some maintenance, mostly cleaning leaf litter, spent flowers and seed pods.

Plant Uses:

• Fragrant
• Nitrogen fixer
• Ornamental
• Privacy / screening
• Specimen
• Windbreak

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Produces abundant seeds that can spread beyond planting areas
  
• Fast growth rate that allows it to establish quickly in favorable conditions
  
• Tolerant of a range of soil types once established
  
• Widely cultivated ornamental, increasing opportunities for escape from landscapes
  
• Member of a genus that includes several known invasive species in Hawaiʻi and other tropical regions

Low Risk Traits:

• Not currently documented as aggressively invasive in Hawaiʻi
  
• Generally requires full sun and managed landscapes for best performance
  
• Limited evidence of forming dense, self-sustaining stands in natural areas
  
• Primarily spreads by seed rather than vegetative reproduction
  
• Often planted intentionally and maintained as an ornamental tree