Deciduous tree with a round spreading crown ; up to 8 m tall , rather smooth , brown to grey bark . Stems young stems thinly appressed-pubescent to densely spreading-pubescent , later glabrescent . Leaves alternate , compound , bipinnate with up to 12 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 5-15(-25) pairs , each leaflet 8-16 x 3-6 mm , oblong , apex with a small mucro , base unequal , margin entire . Inflorescences in short axillary corymose racemes . Flowers large , showy , white , turning yellow after pollination ; sepals 5 , valvate , oblong , tip acute ; petals 5 , white to pale yellow , turning yellow-orange , unequal , c . 4 cm , shortly clawed , rounded with an undulated margin , the upper petal folded on itself making a tube , darker in colour ; stamens 10 , exserted ; filaments bright red , much exceeding the petals ; ovary silky to pubescent or tomentose all over outside . Fruit pod , 11-22 x 2-4 cm , flattened , oblong , velvety , brown at maturity , with an acute tip . Seeds 12-15 x 5-8 mm , oblong-elliptic ,
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Least Concern - Global Assessment
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Caesalpinia elata (L.) Sw.
Poinciana elata L.
Poinciana playfairii T.Anderson
This tree is propagated by seeds. Steps to follow: • Sow collected seeds in seed tray filled with a ratio of 3 peat moss: 1 compost, 5 cm apart. • Irrigate the seed tray three times a week. • Germination commences from the 3rd day to a year onward. The seed germination of this species is around 22%.
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Creamy Peacock Flower
White Poinciana
White Gul Mohur
Yellow Gul Mohur
Tiger Bean
Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This tall tree with its showy and dramatic orange flowers is one of the first trees to come into leaf at the onset of the monsoon rains [J: ziyun]. The foliage was formerly cut and collected in great quantities to feed to livestock who were going hungry at this hardest time of the year – for herder and herds alike – when the standing hay of the last rains was spoiled by the wet, but sufficient new grass for grazing has not yet developed. After the large ornate flowers have dropped, the long pods [J: enkis] form. When green and immature, these were eaten raw both by man and by his animals. At this stage, they have a lemony, sharp taste rather like tamarind pods. Once they have ripened and matured, and the outer casing of the pod has become tough and fibrous, the
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*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. * https://apps.worldagroforestry.org
