Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

Genus DELONIX Rafinesque
I Delonix regia (Bojer) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2:92, 1836.
Rapidly growing, deciduous, medium-sized, round-topped, spreading tree with smooth,
light-colored bark. Leaves alternate, up to 60 cm. long, twice pinnate, leaflets very
numerous, about 12 mm. long, oblong, subsessile, obtusish. Flowers bright red, 8 or more
cm. wide, petals narrowed into a stalk-like base, the upper petal with whitish or yellowish
streaks. Pods flat, 30 or more cm. long and 25 to 50 mm. wide.
to tenfmn Tremal'.aS yet "0t pIanted 85 abund“‘ly as it deserves
to De (1U031). A fine specimen is growing in the grounds of the Residency
English names, flamboyant, flame tree, poinciana.
few Vo*)
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Flora, of Niue Island
* Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
No. 10°31
Delonix regia (Bojer) Raf.
FIs. red. ornamental tree, Aiof1.
20 m. alt. Feb. 5, 1940.
Cou.. T. G. Yuncke*
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