Earpod Tree-Enterolobium cyclocarpum- Anyone ever use them for bonsai?

Hi All,

On a recent trip to Hawaii, I came across a beautiful, huge tree called the ear pod tree or elephant ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum). Anyone ever try to train one for bonsai?

Tim Ahlen
Dallas, TX
Zone 8a

If this is the tree I am thinking of it has large, compound leaves and grows like a weed. I think it would be a difficult subject.

It's a legume, in the same family as the Texas ebony and Brazilian rain tree. A description can be found on Wikipedia at the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterolobium_cyclocarpum.

The article does say it is a fast grower.