(Need ID) on tropical tree or large 14' bush sunflower like?

What's th name, hight, width, and characteristics of this tropical tree or large 14' bush sunflower like?

 

I'd say it's a girasol - tropical sunflower.

 

Thanks, but aren't sunflowers Annuals?
This one has been there for years.

 

Believe your shrub is Tithonia diversifolia . http://www.tropical-biology.org/research/dip/species/Tithonia diversifolia.htm

 

Down here they don't seem to be - there's nothing to kill 'em so they just keep going.

 

I believe Luddite is correct!

 

The leaves look like tithonia.

There are perennial sunflowers, so not sure I would rule that out. Have you seen flowers on the plant?