1. Pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
   "The portia tree's colourful flowers attracted butterflies along the beach";
   - bendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea

Derived forms: portia trees

Type of: tulipwood tree

Part of: genus Thespesia, Thespesia

Encyclopedia: Portia tree