Common name
English: Leopard Tree
English: Leopard Tree
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Caesalpinia (6)
Epithet: ferrea C.Mart. (1)
Variety: parvifolia Benth.
ferrea => ‘belonging to iron’, in reference to its very hard and heavy wood
parvifolia => having small leaves
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: orange, yellow