Roger:

Definitely an Erythrina. Several species are widely grown in
Australia.

I can't help you with the name "Potania".

Richard


On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:16:52 GMT, Roger Van Loon
wrote:

Hello all,

I'm in Europe (Belgium).
In November 2002, friends of mine made a trip to Australia (mainly the
Eastern part). Here's a picture of a tree that they saw in flower in
many places, and they say it was called a "Potania" everywhe
http://users.pandora.be/roger.van.lo.../australia.jpg
(Sorry, no close up of the flower is available.)
I wonder what it could be. The name sounds like "Photinia" - but those
have white flowers, don't they?
Could it be some Erythrina?
Thanks in advance,
Roger.