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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 3/2004 © Sonja Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Ripening pods - Click to enlarge!

Ripening pods; Nigeria; 10/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Nigeria; 9/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Naturally opened pod - Click to enlarge!

Naturally opened pod; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 3/2004 © Sonja Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Opened pod with seeds - Click to enlarge!

Opened pod with seeds; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 3/2004 © Sonja Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 9/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Nigeria; 9/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Thorns - Click to enlarge!

Thorns; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 3/2004 © Sonja Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Bark (note the thorns) - Click to enlarge!

Bark (note the thorns); Nigeria; 9/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 3/2004 © Sonja Germer

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 6/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 66
Date of entry: 09.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Red Bird Of Paradise

German: Pfauenstrauch

Mandarin: 金凤花 (jin feng hua)

Portuguese: Flamboyant-mirim, Flor-de-pavão

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2612)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2512)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2124)

      Order: Fabales (239)

        Family: Fabaceae (239)(family description)

          Genus: Caesalpinia (6)

            Epithet: pulcherrima (L.) Sw. (2)

Synonym: Poinciana elata L.

elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately

pulcherrima => most beautiful

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, orange, yellow

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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