Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A widely branched tree, reaching a maximum height of about 12 m., with a trunk up to 9 dm. in diameter, the thin bark gray-brown, the twigs somewhat pubescent. Leaves 3-5 dm. long; petiole stout, reddish or yellow, 7-12 cm. long; pinnae 10-25 pairs, short-stalked, 8-15 cm. long, the rachis pubescent; leaflets 20-40 pairs, oblong, puberulent on both sides, 4-10 mm. long, inequilateral, rounded at both ends; pedicels stout, 4-8 cm. long; calyx about 2 cm. long; petals spreading and reflexed, 5-7 cm. long, orange to scarlet and mottled; stamens shorter than the petals; pod 4-6 dm. long, 5-7 cm. wide, dark brown.

  • Distribution

    Spontaneous after cultivation. New Providence, near Nassau : Widely cultivated and spontaneous after cultivation throughout the West Indies and in southern Florida. Native of Madagascar. Royal Poixciana. Flamboyant.

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