Common name
English: Leopard Tree
English: Leopard Tree
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(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