Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

🌿 Common Name: Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana, may-flower, Peacock Flower, गुलमोहर

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
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Author: Sonu kumar

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  • Caesalpinia regia (Bojer ex Hook.) D.Dietr., Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.
  • Cultivated
  • Tall, deciduous trees with grey to pale-brown bark.
    Leaves : Pinnae 8-20 pairs, leaflets 12-30 pairs, oblong, glabrous or nearly so.
    Inflorescence : Racemes
    Flower : Flowers in terminal, simple or branched racemes.
    Fruit :
    Pods broadly linear, woody, dark-brown or reddish-brown, flat, beaked.
    Seeds oblong, glabrous, smooth, white or creamy-white, mottled brown.
    Flowering and Fruiting Time : March-August
    Significance :
    The tree is mainly preferred for cultivation mainly on account of profusion of bright flowers.
    The bark is used as a febrifuge.
    The tree yields a gum, which is used medicinally.

    PC: © Sonu Kumar
    Source: Foi, efoi, powo, ibp, iNat

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Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
March 🍂 Leaf Fall
April 🌼 Flowering, 🌹 Bud Stage, 🌼 Flowering
May 🌼 Flowering
June 🌿 New Leaves Emerge, 🍏 Unripe Fruiting

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperm
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-ClassPolypetalae
SeriesCalyciflorae
OrdRosales
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
SpeciesDelonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
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