Mayodendron

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Radermachera ignea1858.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= de Kok, R. |date=2024 |title= Mayodendron igneum |volume=2024 |page= e.T213300770A213399271 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T213300770A213399271.en |access-date=May 30, 2025}}

|genus = Mayodendron

|parent_authority = Kurz

|species = igneum

|authority = Kurz

|synonyms =

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• Radermachera ignea (Kurz) Steenis
• Spathodea ignea Kurz
• Spathodea igneum Kurz

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|synonyms_ref = {{citation

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-317579

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=19 November 2016}}

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Mayodendron is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, Mayodendron igneum, is native to southern China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. It is sometimes included within Radermachera.{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119915 |title=Flora of China |chapter=Mayodendron Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Veg. Pegu, App. D. t. 1. 1875 |author1=Zhi-Yun Zhang |author2=Thawatchai Santisuk }}

It is a deciduous tree that grows up to 20 m in height and has striking orange-colored flowers that grow straight from the trunk.[http://www.biotik.org/laos/species/r/radig/radig_en.html Radermachera ignea (Kurz) Steenis]

This tree is the provincial tree of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is also the tree of Suranaree University of Technology.[http://www.sut.ac.th/sutweb/sutinfo_en.html Suranaree University of Technology - General Information]