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Delonix regia - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Delonix regia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 10/2004 © Ralf Biechele

Delonix regia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; 2/2020 © Jörn Germer

Delonix regia - Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - Click to enlarge!

Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; 2/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn

Delonix regia - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Nigeria; 10/2004 © Ralf Biechele

Delonix regia - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 3/2003 © Jörn Germer

Delonix regia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 10/2004 © Ralf Biechele

Delonix regia - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 10/2004 © Ralf Biechele

Delonix regia - Branch with flowers and pods - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers and pods; P.R. China; 5/2010 © Joachim Sauerborn

Delonix regia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 10/2004 © Ralf Biechele

Delonix regia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 3/2003 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 106
Date of entry: 09.11.2005
Last update: 11.06.2023

Common name

English: Flamboyant, Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana

German: Flammenbaum

Mandarin: 凤凰木 (feng huang mu)

Portuguese: Flor-do-paraíso

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Delonix (1)

            Epithet: regia (Hook.)Raf. (2)

Synonym: Poinciana regia Hook.

regia => royal

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: red, orange

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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