IUCN Status

- Caesalpinia regia (Bojer ex Hook.) D.Dietr., Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.
- Cultivated
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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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