Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

Large tree ; up to 15-30 m tall , with a broad-spreading , umbrella-like canopy , pale grey bark . Stems with young stems subglabrous to thinly spreading-pubescent . Leaves large , bright green , feathery , opposite leaflets , 10-25 pairs of pinnae ; pinna rachis (4)6–12(15) cm long ; leaflets 10–32 pairs per pinna , 4–11(17) × 2–4(5) mm , oblong , obtuse to rounded at the apex , asymmetrical at the base , finely appressed-pubescent on both surfaces or rarely subglabrous . Inflorescences racemes of . Flowers showy , scarlet or orange-red flowers ; Sepals 1 . 8–3 cm long , lanceolate to oblong , glabrous to very sparsely pubescent ; Petals (3 . 5)4 . 2–6 . 5(7 . 4) cm long , the lower 4 subequal but the upper one slightly longer than the others with the claw broader and less clearly defined , all scarlet red or sometimes (especially the upper one and the claws of the others) orange or ± yellow , the distal margins undulate ; Stamen filaments (2 . 4)3 . 5–4 . 5(5) cm long , shorter than the petals ; Ovary ± sessile , appressed-pubescent with ... longish but usually sparse hairs . Fruit pod , very long , strap-shaped , flattrned , green and flaccid when young and turn dark-brown and woody at maturity . Seeds up to 50 or more , c . 2 . 0 × 0 . 6 × 0 . 4 cm , linear-ellipsoid , not compressed , light brown mottled with darker brown . (Ref . POWO , 2022) .

No Data

Least Concern - Global Assessment

Not Common

Caesalpinia regia (Bojer ex Hook.) D.Dietr.
Delonix regia var. flavida Stehlé
Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.