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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Swartz, Obs. 166.1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:288.1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 394(279). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 99. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 161. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 217. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 13. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 171. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 121. 1995; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 252. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 331. 2009.
Poinciana pulcherrima L., Sp. Pl. 380. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chethimandaram, Chettimandaram, Mayilkonna, Thechimandaram, Rajamalli, Settimandaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Dwarf poinciana, Barbados pride, Peacock flower, Barbados flower-fence, Gold Mohur
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Description:
Branching shrubs to 5 m tall. Leaves bipinnate; rachis 20-30 cm long; pinnae 4-8 pairs; leaflets 6-8 pairs on each pinna, 1-2 x 0.5-1.2 cm, elliptic to obovate, base cuneate, apex rounded or emarginate; stipules, c. 2 mm long, subulate, caducous. Flowers in terminal corymbose racemes, 20-50 cm long; pedicles 3-7 cm long. Calyx 1-1.5 cm long, outer lobe cucullate, enclosing the flower bud. Petals 1.5-2.5 cm long, subequal, commonly flame-red but sometimes yellow. Stamens 10; filaments reddish, 0.5 cm long, exserted. Pods 6-12 x 1.5-2 cm, obliquely oblong, compressed, short-stipitate, beaked at apex, 8-10-seeded. Seeds 8-10 x 6-8 mm, obovate, compressed, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Probably native in Tropical America; now widely cultivated
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karthikapally, Ariankavu
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