• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Species : Delonix regia
• Basionym : Poinciana regia Hook.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.
• Common name : Red Gulmohar, Gulmohar, Flamboyant Flame Tree
• Vernacular name : Gulmohar (Hin.); Kempu Torai (Kan.); Mayil Konrai, Pedenarayan (Tam.); Seemasankesula, Sunkesula (Tel.); Gulmohr (Ori.)
• Key identification features : Medium-sized deciduous tree with a spreading crown. Bole is buttressed. Leaves are pinnately compound. Bark is light brown and relatively smooth forming buttress at the base. Flowers are deep-red to orange-red and showy. Fruit is a long pod, flat, green when young turning black upon maturity.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : April- June
• Native : Madagascar
• Comments : Often planted in gardens and in avenues.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Madagascar; Planted throughout Tropics
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Delonix regia. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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